English
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From non- + aggressive.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective
[edit]nonaggressive (not comparable)
- Not aggressive
- 2007 April 12, Mike Albo, “Because a Logo Is Not Enough”, in New York Times[1]:
- Lee Silverman, the owner of the store, wants the staff to be honest and nonaggressive.
Usage notes
[edit]- The solid form is more common in the American use while the hyphenated form is more common in the British use.[1] GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.[2]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “nonaggressive/[non - aggressive]”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
Categories:
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *né
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁óynos
- English terms prefixed with non- (not)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰredʰ-
- Rhymes:English/ɛsɪv
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