Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aggressiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;
making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n.
No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aggressiveness
n 1: the quality of being bold and enterprising
2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn:
{aggression}]
3: a disposition to fight [syn: {contentiousness}, {belligerence},
{pugnacity}, {quarrelsomeness}]
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