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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der.
Latin gradior
Latin aggredior
English aggress
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English aggressive
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English aggressiveness

From aggressive + -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aggressiveness (usually uncountable, plural aggressivenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.
    Synonyms: aggression, aggressivity
    • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 29:
      It was a randy aggressiveness he had enjoyed because he had not used or needed it before.
  2. (uncountable) The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
    The aggressiveness of various sulfate salts towards concrete is partly related to solubility.
  3. (countable) The result or product of being aggressive.

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Translations

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state or quality being aggressive