hyperaggressiveness

noun

as in antagonism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperaggressiveness
  1. antagonism
  2. unfriendliness
  3. hostility
  4. fierceness
  5. militancy
  6. aggression
  7. pugnacity
  8. militance
Noun
  • In what is often considered Pelechian’s magnum opus, the ancient antagonism of nature and humanity plays out in a depiction of a remote farming community, energetically scored with Armenian folk music and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the trash-talking and, especially, antagonism over race and ethnicity is gratuitous and needlessly divisive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of antagonism
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
Definition of unfriendliness
Noun
  • Funding for refugee support is drying up, hostility toward Ukrainians is growing, and Poland still lacks a long-term integration strategy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Iran accepted meaningful limits on its nuclear program in 2015, for instance, and reversed decades of hostility toward Saudi Arabia by normalizing ties in 2023.
    — Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • Curled up in a chair on the top floor of The Times’ offices in El Segundo, looking down on the runways of LAX boiling in the late July sun, Williams gives runway fierceness against the beige office walls.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The actress cranked the fierceness all the way up while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on July 30.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Definition of fierceness
Noun
  • Israel’s military operates in all parts of the territory, and Palestinians suspected of militancy can be held without charge for months or years under what’s known as administrative detention.
    — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • According to witnesses, shortly before the attack, speakers at the rally said that ensuring security and eliminating militancy were the state’s responsibility.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of militancy
Noun
  • The regime’s final refuge now lies in the self-deception of fearful nations that still believe accommodating aggression can secure a durable peace.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Lastly, Harford County Animal Control urges residents to notify them at 410-638-3505 if anyone observes a stray animal showing signs of excessive affection, aggression, lethargy, or disorientation.
    — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of aggression
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
Definition of pugnacity
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
Definition of militance
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