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aggression
A physical act or threat of action by one individual or colony that reduces the freedom or genetic fitness of another.
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aggression
1. Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked.
2. Deliberately unfriendly behavior.
3. The act of initiating hostilities.
4. A disposition to behave aggressively.
5. A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack.
6. Threatening behavior or actions.
7. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions; especially, a physical attack against another person or hostile military action directed against another country or nation, often without provocation.
8. Any offensive activity, practice, etc.; such as, an aggression against personal liberty.
9. In psychology, a hostile or destructive mental attitude or behavior.
2. Deliberately unfriendly behavior.
3. The act of initiating hostilities.
4. A disposition to behave aggressively.
5. A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack.
6. Threatening behavior or actions.
7. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions; especially, a physical attack against another person or hostile military action directed against another country or nation, often without provocation.
8. Any offensive activity, practice, etc.; such as, an aggression against personal liberty.
9. In psychology, a hostile or destructive mental attitude or behavior.
Aggression against another country is an approach toward it in a hostile manner.
10. Etymology: from ad-, "to" + gradi, gressus, "to step"; from gradus, "a step".
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