aggressiveness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈɡrɛsɪvnəs/ UK /əˈɡrɛsɪvnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the quality of being hostile, forceful, or assertive

His aggressiveness in negotiations unsettled the other party.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... hostility belligerencecombativenessassertivenesspugnacity forcefulness truculence

Opposites

passivity meekness docility timiditypeaceableness

Word family

Related forms aggressive aggression aggressor aggress

Etymology

From aggressive + -ness, from Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredi ('to approach, attack'), from ad ('to') + gradi ('to step'), from gradus ('step').

aggredi Latin gradi Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# aggressiveness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈɡrɛsɪvnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈɡrɛsɪvnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being hostile, forceful, or assertive

## Examples
- His aggressiveness in negotiations unsettled the other party.

## Synonyms
- hostility
- belligerence
- combativeness
- assertiveness
- pugnacity
- forcefulness
- truculence

## Antonyms
- passivity
- meekness
- docility
- timidity
- peaceableness

## Related Forms
- aggressive
- aggression
- aggressor
- aggress

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aggredi
- Root: gradi

## Etymology
From aggressive + -ness, from Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredi ('to approach, attack'), from ad ('to') + gradi ('to step'), from gradus ('step').

## AI Etymology
Aggressiveness is from aggressive + -ness, from Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredi ('to approach, attack'), from ad ('to') + gradi ('to step'), from gradus ('step'). Important recorded forms include aggredi (Latin) and gradi (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being hostile, forceful, or assertive. The wider family includes related words such as aggressive, aggression, aggressor, and aggress.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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