aggression
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a disposition to behave aggressively
Types & categories
- unfriendliness hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
Types & categories
- ill will hypernym
Sense 3 noun
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Types & categories
- action hypernym
- meat grinder hyponym
- violence hyponym
- plundering hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of initiating hostilities
Types & categories
- combat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- war part holonym
Related & opposite
- aggress derivation
Sense 5 noun
deliberately unfriendly behavior
Types & categories
- behavior hypernym
- provocation hyponym
- bitchery hyponym
- bullying hyponym
- raising hell hyponym
- self-assertion hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unfriendliness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ill will |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | meat grinder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | violence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plundering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggress |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | war |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | combat |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | behavior |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | provocation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bitchery |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullying |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | raising hell |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-assertion |