hyperaggressiveness

noun

Definition of hyperaggressivenessnext
as in antagonism

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  1. antagonism
  2. unfriendliness
  3. hostility
  4. militancy
  5. aggression
  6. militance
Noun
  • Both women seem stuck in a cycle of mutual antagonism, leaving us to wonder how long the truce will last before someone gets triggered again.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Iran’s leadership is steeped in antagonism toward both Israel and the United States, and the regime’s investment in its nuclear program and proxy network has been key to its survival strategy.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of antagonism
Noun
  • Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.
    Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Definition of unfriendliness
Noun
  • The Jordanian government announced the closure of the crossing amid the hostility.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
  • TikTok has long denied having any links to the Chinese government, and the federal government has not made public any of the specific intelligence it’s used to justify its hostility against the company.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • While The Order remains firmly rooted in the past save for one passing reference to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in a title card, during production there was no escaping the drumbeat of resurgent far-right militancy in the United States.
    Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The right to unionize was enshrined in law, but workers were also forced into a bureaucratic certification process that limited their militancy.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of militancy
Noun
  • Speaking alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin highlighted the part of the pact that allows the potential use of Russian nuclear warheads deployed to Belarus in response to an aggression.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But for some, their disability can lead to frustration and, in turn, aggression.
    Camille Phillips, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of aggression
Noun
  • This is compounded by the economic impacts of the Trump trade pressures, the global backlash of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the declining fortunes of national technology champion Huawei, and other reactions to growing China militance and chauvinism.
    Therese Shaheen, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.
    Samuel Goldman, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022
Definition of militance
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