Found 3 items, similar to aggressiveness.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: aggressiveness
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aggressiveness
aggressiveness
n 1: the quality of being bold and enterprising
2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn:
aggression]
3: a disposition to fight [syn:
contentiousness,
belligerence,
pugnacity,
quarrelsomeness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Aggressiveness
Aggressive
\Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing
determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or
desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person,
nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his
convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of
unaggressive.
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No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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2. marked by self-confident ambition, competitiveness, energy
and initiative; as, an aggressive young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
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3. 1 (Med., Biol.) tending to spread quickly an aggressive
tumor [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs. noninvasive) ]
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
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4. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
aggressive acts against another country
Syn: belligerent
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Note: Narrower related terms: {bellicose, combative,
pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; {hard-hitting,
high-pressure ;
hostile (used of attempts to buy or
take control of a business:
“hostile takeover”;
“hostile tender offer”); {predatory, rapacious,
raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
assertive, hostile, offensive.
[WordNet 1.5] --
Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
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