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aggressivity

aggressivity noun: the quality of being aggressive.

Noun

aggressivity (usually uncountable, plural aggressivities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being aggressive.
    • […] to develop the primary elements of intentional personal activity and of objective aggressivity, giving a meaning to every muscular contraction.1891, Hobart Amory Hare, Walter Chrystie, editors, A System of Practical Therapeutics, volumes I (General Therapeutic Considerations—Prescription-Writing—Remedial Measures Other Than Drugs—Preventive...
    • In serial inoculations aggressivity increases until the danger arises that the series will cease from some cause not clearly understood. As the aggressivity increases, there is a decrease in the power of the exudate to block hæmolysis.1907, The Philippine Journal of Science, page 357
  2. (usually) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.

Examples of aggressivity in a sentence

  • He does not see that it is the perversion (evasion, denial) of action that is the origin of the aggressivity that he discerns but cannot account for.2001, Brayton Polka, Depth Psychology, Interpretation, and the Bible: An Ontological Essay on Freud, McGill-Queen’s University Press...
  • If the motility of a person’s legs is decreased, his aggressivity is reduced.2005, Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body: Selected Public Lectures 1962-1982, Bioenergetics Press, →ISBN, page 308:

Synonyms of aggressivity

Forms of aggressivity

pluralaggressivities

Origin of aggressivity

From aggressiv(e) + -ity.

Questions about aggressivity

What does aggressivity mean?
Aggressivity means the quality of being aggressive.
How do you use aggressivity in a sentence?
He does not see that it is the perversion (evasion, denial) of action that is the origin of the aggressivity that he discerns but cannot account for.
What part of speech is aggressivity?
Aggressivity is a noun.
What is the plural of aggressivity?
The plural of aggressivity is aggressivities.

Words near aggressivity in the dictionary

  1. aggressives
  2. aggressivism
  3. aggressivist
  4. aggressivists
  5. aggressivities
  6. aggressivity
  7. aggressor
  8. aggressors
  9. aggrevate
  10. aggri
  11. aggrievance

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