unaggressive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.

Word forms

unaggressive more unaggressive most unaggressive

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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 English unaggressive From un- + aggressive.

Synonyms

dovish pacific anti-bellicist dovelike irenic irenical non-violent pacifist pacifistic peaceable peaceful unaggressive

Derived words

unaggressively unaggressiveness

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