Dictionary

aggressiveness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English aggressiveness From aggressive + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being aggressive.
   • It was a randy aggressiveness he had enjoyed because he had not used or needed it before. 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 29:
2. (uncountable, usually) The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
   • The aggressiveness of various sulfate salts towards concrete is partly related to solubility.
3. (countable, usually) The result or product of being aggressive.

Forms

Deriveds

passive-aggressiveness · hyperaggressiveness · nonaggressiveness

Synonyms

aggressivity · aggression

Translations (26)

hi आक्रामकता (state or quality being aggressive) · ru агресси́вность (state or quality being aggressive) · fr agressivité (state or quality being aggressive) · pl agresywność (state or quality being aggressive) · be агрэсі́ўнасць (state or quality being aggressive) · uk агреси́вність (state or quality being aggressive) · kk агрессияшылдық (state or quality being aggressive) · kk жебірлік (state or quality being aggressive) · fa پرخاشگری (state or quality being aggressive) · hu agresszivitás (state or quality being aggressive) · ca agressivitat (state or quality being aggressive) · kk агрессивтілік (state or quality being aggressive) · bg агреси́вност (state or quality being aggressive) · el επιθετικότητα (state or quality being aggressive) · fi aggressiivisuus (state or quality being aggressive) · de Aggressivität (state or quality being aggressive) · eo agresemo (state or quality being aggressive) · cs útočnost (state or quality being aggressive) · pt agressividade (state or quality being aggressive) · es agresividad (state or quality being aggressive) · cs agresivita (state or quality being aggressive) · kk агрессиялық (state or quality being aggressive) · tr saldırganlık (state or quality being aggressive) · tr agresiflik (state or quality being aggressive) · ro agresivitate (state or quality being aggressive) · it aggressività (state or quality being aggressive)