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unaggression en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder. Middle French aggressionbor. English aggression English unaggression From un- + aggression.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack of aggression.
    • Reviewing the histories of France, Russia, and Great Britain, which are nowise stories of peaceful unaggression, and judging national character as exhibited therein, […] 1919, The Journal of Mental Science, volume 65, page 84:
    • So, being called 'gay' may mean being: 1) An unaggressive homosexual. 2) An unaggressive asexual. 3) An unaggressive supine heterosexual (where the man plays a submissive role to the woman). 4) An unaggressive founder of religion. All of the above are the four main states of unaggression. 2011, Garth M. Bright, National Security, page 10: