aggressivityn.
/ˌaɡrɛˈsɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌæɡrɛˈsɪvᵻdi/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
Aggressive behaviour; aggression.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > practice
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aggressivity1906
1906 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Dec. 406/2 It is necessary to differentiate between aggressivity and virulence.
1970 J. Cotler in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. xii. 417 Cultural forms proscribe patterns of aggressivity toward the boss and prescribe instead that these be directed toward the other tenant-farmers competing for the boss's favors.
1979 F. Jameson Fables of Aggression (Prologue) 8 A self-perpetuating sequence of rape, physical assault, aggressivity, guilt and immolation.
1990 Chronicles Jan. 52/3 He said he disliked what he called ‘ethnic aggressivity’, and that the campus obsession with race was ‘stupid’.
2000 Age (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 4/6 Mr Case said that while..four-wheel-drives generally offered better protection, it was often at a cost to other road users. ‘This is known as aggressivity,’..he said.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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