cyberaggression

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noun

aggression in interpersonal interactions taking place on the Internet or in cyberspace

OriginEnglish aggression ← Middle French aggression ← Latin aggressiō →
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Meanings

nouncyberaggression (uncountable)
  1. uncountableaggression in interpersonal interactions taking place on the Internet or in cyberspace

    Using the labeled data, we further design and evaluate the performance of classifiers to automatically detect and predict incidents of cyberbullying and cyberaggression.

    2015, Homa Hosseinmardi, Sabrina Arredondo Mattson, Rahat Ibn Rafiq, Richard Han, Qin Lv, Shivakant Mishr, “Prediction of Cyberbullying Incidents on the Instagram Social Network”, in arXiv

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  6. Proto-Italic*ad
  7. Proto-Italic*ad-
  8. Latinad-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  10. Latingradior
  11. Latinaggredior
  12. Latinaggressiō
  13. Middle Frenchaggression
  14. Englishaggression
  15. Englishcyberaggression

From cyber- + aggression.

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APA

cyberaggression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberaggression

MLA

“cyberaggression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberaggression. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberaggression,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberaggression.

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