aggressivity
Tendency toward confrontation
Aggressivity is the quality or tendency toward aggressive behavior—a readiness to attack, confront, or assert dominance.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: psychology, ethology, and medical research.
In everyday speech, aggressiveness is more common: The tumor's aggressivity made treatment urgent.
Researchers measured aggressivity in the test subjects.
Antagonistic disposition toward others
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
provocation · pugnacity · truculence · animosity · enmity · bullying · intimidation · threatening
Harmful physical force
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
destructiveness · rage · fury · wrath · assault · attack · battering · harm
Superior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominationSupreme authority held
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
subjugation · bullying · overpowering · territorial · alpha · power play · strong-arming
Self-assurance or trust
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- decisivenessAbility to choose firmly
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
drive · ambition · determination · forcefulness · tenacity · persistence · self-assuredness · proactivity
hostility
Antagonistic disposition toward others
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
confrontation · provocation · pugnacity · truculence · animosity · enmity · bullying · intimidation · threatening · menace
violence
Harmful physical force
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
viciousness · destructiveness · rage · fury · wrath · assault · attack · battering · harm · force
dominance
Superior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominationSupreme authority held
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
coercion · subjugation · bullying · overpowering · territorial · alpha · power play · strong-arming
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- decisivenessAbility to choose firmly
initiative · drive · ambition · determination · forcefulness · tenacity · persistence · self-assuredness · proactivity · firmness
aggressivitypassivity
State of non-resistance
passiveness · meekness · submissiveness · docility · non-aggression
aggressivitypeacefulness
State of quiet tranquility
gentleness · nonviolence · mildness · placidity · tranquility
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