aggression English · revision 14979

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1611|origins=la aggredior}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈɡreʃ.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|agression]] or directly [[la|aggressiō|t=a going to, an attack]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|aggredior|t=to approach, attack]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|ad|t=to]] and [[m|la|gradior|t=to step, walk]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|gradus|t=a step]],^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*ghredh-|t=to walk, go]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An unprovoked attack, the first attack in a quarrel: 1611 in the OED and Barnhart, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The practice of making attacks is in the OED from before 1704.^(OED 1989) The psychological sense, hostile or destructive behaviour, is recorded by 1912, in A. A. Brill's translation of Freud.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The adjective aggressive is from the 19th century, perhaps after French.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – an unprovoked attack.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * before 1704 – the practice of attacking.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1912 – hostile behaviour (psychology).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An unprovoked attack or hostile action, especially by one country against another.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The practice or habit of attacking.^(AHD)

+ # Hostile or destructive behaviour or attitude.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[antiaggression]]

+ * [[counteraggression]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aggress]]

+ * [[aggressive]]

+ * [[aggressor]]

+ * [[progress]]

+ * [[grade]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}