Definition of Aggressiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being bold and enterprising.


2. Noun. A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack.
Exact synonyms: Aggression
Generic synonyms: Enmity, Hostility, Ill Will

3. Noun. A natural disposition to be hostile.
Exact synonyms: Belligerence, Pugnacity
Generic synonyms: Disagreeableness
Specialized synonyms: Bellicoseness, Bellicosity, Truculence, Truculency
Derivative terms: Aggressive, Belligerent, Aggressive

Definition of Aggressiveness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being aggressive. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being aggressive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aggressiveness

1. [n]

Medical Definition of Aggressiveness

1. The quality of being aggressive (= characterised by aggression, militant, enterprising, spreading with vigour, chemically active, variable and adaptable). (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aggressiveness

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Literary usage of Aggressiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judging Human Character by Harry Levi Hollingworth (1922)
"TESTS OF aggressiveness Another investigator, on the trail of character ... One set of tests advocated by him is for the measurement of "aggressiveness. ..."

2. Heredity and Social Fitness: A Study of Differential Mating in a (1920)
"aggressiveness. The application of the term aggressiveness has been given in the ... In evaluating such a trait or trait-complex as aggressiveness we are ..."

3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... retaliation which dis- I tinguishes the moral consciousness of a higher type, but I by the different way in which the aggressiveness displays / itself. ..."

4. Principles of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead (1918)
"He pushes too hard and tends to become domineering in his aggressiveness. ... aggressiveness Should be Tempered with Courtesy A point to bear in mind is ..."

5. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"NTS—BRITISH aggressiveness. THE news of the final organization of the Russian American Company, the granting of its privileges by the emperor, ..."

6. Graphology and the Psychology of Handwriting by June Etta Downey (1919)
"Line Quality; aggressiveness. Graphologists usually associate will-qualities with forceful stroke or heavy pressure. As accessory signs they list angularity ..."

7. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"aggressiveness.—Cannibalism of certain Sub-tribes.—Tattooing.—Ideas of a Future State.—Human Sacrifices.— Houses.—The HSi Dyaks.—Distribution. ..."

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