aggression
noun
[ əˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n ]
• feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack or confront.
• "his chin was jutting with aggression"
Similar:
hostility,
aggressiveness,
belligerence,
bellicosity,
antagonism,
truculence,
pugnacity,
pugnaciousness,
combativeness,
militancy,
warmongering,
warlikeness,
hawkishness,
force,
violence,
attack,
assault,
encroachment,
offence,
invasion,
infringement,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘an attack’): from Latin aggressio(n- ), from aggredi ‘to attack’, from ad- ‘towards’ + gradi ‘proceed, walk’.
