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Aggressiveness   /əgrˈɛsɪvnəs/   Listen
Aggressiveness

noun
1.
The quality of being bold and enterprising.
2.
A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack.  Synonym: aggression.
3.
A natural disposition to be hostile.  Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity.






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... the author die, whose writings he intends to question, what does he say but that he is weak in his aggressiveness? It was told to Aristotle that some one had spoken ill of him: "Let him do more," said he; "let him whip me too, provided I ...
— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

... of fear—fear of life itself, fear of everything. But she did not even contemplate it. It was the woman her instinct mistrusted. She had realized her an enemy before; now, in the purring tones of her tardy welcome, she recognized in her an enemy whose aggressiveness is active, brought ...
— Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston

... went on, the unrest deepened which possessed him. He was unhappy, and he could not tell why. He wanted something, and he knew not what. His shyness developed into fierce aggressiveness, unreasonable, alarming. He prowled continually among the camps, sullen and quarrelsome, vaguely miserable, and blaming his misery upon all the world. He took to spending much time, with small profit to himself, among the chained gangs of slaves, where ...
— Nicanor - Teller of Tales - A Story of Roman Britain • C. Bryson Taylor

... press immediately deserted it—"as they do every town where there is a gang"—and went "to reside at Parkgate." Parkgate in this way became a resort of sea-faring men without parallel in the kingdom—a "nest" whose hornet bands were long, and with good reason, notorious for their ferocity and aggressiveness. [Footnote: Admiralty Records 1. 1446—Capt. Ayscough, 17 Nov. 1780.] An attempt to establish a rendezvous here in 1804 proved a failure. The seamen fled, no "business" could be done, and officer and gang ...
— The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson

... allowing him to be an aimless collector of facts, it requires him to discover specific purposes that the facts may serve. With such purposes in mind he must supplement authors' statements in numerous ways, and also pass judgment on their relative values. This all requires much aggressiveness. ...
— How To Study and Teaching How To Study • F. M. McMurry


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