hyperaggressiveness

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Noun
  • Reynolds uses the modern expression culture war to describe the mutual antagonism; that feels right.
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Ben Green, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan, told Fortune there’s meanwhile abundant signs that antagonism toward data centers is real and organic.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Add the pathetic reality that Illinois is the very definition of unfriendliness for business development and job creation, and the only thing Pritzker and his accomplices can campaign on is the vilification of Trump, facts be damned.
    Paul Miller, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Engelbert has consistently mismanaged the overt physical hostility directed at the league's biggest star.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Today, however, some experts suggest that explicit displays of racial hostility have become more visible in public spaces.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • For over 30 years, Judy Reyes has graced Hollywood with her fierceness.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • While the Panthers might have other, bigger needs on Day 2 of the draft, Rivers plays with a fierceness and energy that Morgan can certainly appreciate.
    Mike Kaye March 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Performing in Creole is one thing, but there’s also a triumphant, egalitarian militancy to Vinette and Rio’s songwriting that’s intrinsic to the Haitian diaspora.
    Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026
  • But she was criticized for her increasing militancy, even within her African National Congress party.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine has every right to attack Russia’s military infrastructure that sustains its aggression.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
    Mark Prussin, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • But all of that is in addition to his defense, his rebounding, his slashing, his voice, his pugnacity.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Trump had won by fifty-three points there in 2016, and Greene’s paranoid pugnacity seemed like a good fit, if voters could stomach an outsider.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.
    Samuel Goldman, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The human relationship to fire on this specific piece of land was not always one of fear, anxiety, and militance.
    Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2021
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“Hyperaggressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperaggressiveness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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