aggression (redirected from maternal aggression)

ag·gres·sion  (-grshn)

n.

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.

3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

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aggression [əˈgrɛʃən]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an attack or harmful action, esp an unprovoked attack by one country against another

2. any offensive activity, practice, etc. an aggression against personal liberty

3. (Psychology) Psychol a hostile or destructive mental attitude or behaviour

[from Latin aggression-, from aggrēdi to attack]

aggressor  [əˈgrɛsə] n

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aggression  (-grshn)

Behavior that is meant to intimidate or injure an animal of the same species or of a competing species but is not predatory. Aggression may be displayed during mating rituals or to defend territory, as by the erection of fins by fish and feathers by birds.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aggression - a disposition to behave aggressively unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition
	2.	aggression - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack aggressiveness ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
	3.	aggression - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked hostility action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" meat grinder - any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder" violence, force - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
	4.	aggression - the act of initiating hostilities     armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
	5.	aggression - deliberately unfriendly behavior behavior, conduct, doings, behaviour - manner of acting or controlling yourself provocation, aggravation, irritation - unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment bitchery - aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman bullying, intimidation - the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something hell raising, raising hell - making trouble just for the fun of it self-assertion - the act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner

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aggression

noun

1. hostility, malice, antagonism, antipathy, aggressiveness, ill will, belligerence, destructiveness, malevolence, pugnacity Aggression is by no means a male-only trait.

2. attack, campaign, injury, assault, offence, raid, invasion, offensive, onslaught, foray, encroachment the threat of massive military aggression

Translations

aggression [əˈgreʃən] N

1. (= behaviour) → agresión f
an act of aggression → un acto de agresión

2. (= feeling) → agresividad f
aggression is not a solely masculine trait → la agresividad no es una característica únicamente masculina

aggression [əˈgrɛʃ^ən] n

(= attack) → agression f
an act of aggression → un acte d'agression

[person, behaviour] → agressivité f

aggression

n

(= attack) → Aggression f, → Angriff m; an act of aggression → ein Angriff m, → eine aggressive Handlung

no pl → Aggression f; (= aggressiveness) → Aggressivität f; to get rid of one’s aggression → seine Aggressionen loswerden

aggression [əˈgrɛʃ/ən] n → aggressione f; (aggressiveness) → aggressività