English
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From un- + aggressive.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective
[edit]unaggressive (comparative more unaggressive, superlative most unaggressive)
- Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
- Synonyms: dovish, pacific; see also Thesaurus:peaceable
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 195:
- And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting.
Derived terms
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- English terms prefixed with un- (negative)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *né
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰredʰ-
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