aggressivity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being aggressive.
The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.

Word forms

aggressivity aggressivities

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-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English aggressivity From aggressiv(e) + -ity.

Synonyms

aggressiveness

Related words

passive-aggressivity

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