English Explanatory Dictionary

aggressiveness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being aggressive.
  2. The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
  3. The result or product of being aggressive.

Pronunciation

/əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aggressiveness.wav

Word forms

aggressiveness aggressivenesses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English aggressiveness From aggressive + -ness.

Synonyms

aggression aggressivity

Derived words

hyperaggressiveness nonaggressiveness passive-aggressiveness
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