From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishaggressionag‧gres‧sion /əˈɡreʃən/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun [uncountable]1VIOLENTangry or threateningbehaviour or feelings that often result in fightingTelevision violence can encourage aggression in children.aggression towardsOur dogs have never shown aggression towards other dogs.2ATTACKthe act of attacking a country, especially when that country has not attacked firstan unprovoked act of aggressionaggression againstAthenian aggression against PersiaExamples from the Corpusaggression• Individual and group exerciseprogrammespromotemobility and confidence, helping to diffuseanxiety and aggression.• He played in an ecstasy of sweat and aggression.• Teenagers often make inappropriateresponses to conflicts such as aggression, withdrawing, sulking, tantrums or destructive behaviour.• The invasion was condemned as 'blatantaggression' by the BritishPrimeMinister.• another example of communistaggression• In a prison, drugssometimes have to be used to control aggression.• The Presidentpromised to use all his powers to preventfurtheraggression.• She said Scott never turned his aggression on her.• A society of families both constrainsmaleaggressions and channels them toward the protection and support of family and society.• Textbookstend to ignore past militaryaggressions.• Any eastward expansion would be regarded by the government as an act of aggression.• They have begun to show aggression to each other.• Some people think that aggression in children may be caused by the food they eat.• As our older generation knows from experience, uncheckedaggression against a small nation is a prelude to internationaldisaster.act of aggression• To wear such a garment was an act of aggression in itself.• It was an inexcusableact of aggression.• Rather, it typically involves acts of aggression towards players and officials, or over-exuberant celebratory activity including the vandalism of property.• Wars are not really acts of aggression and defense, for we must recognize a difference between proximate and true causes.• It will inevitably be harder to prevent similaracts of aggression in future.• These acts of aggression went unchecked because the powers that might have stopped them had problems of their own.• Longbine said line dancers have concluded that repeateddancefloorcollisions were acts of aggression by the ballroom dancers.Originaggression(1600-1700)Latinaggressio, from aggredi"to attack", from ad-"to" + gradi"to step, go"