unaggression

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noun

Lack of aggression.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

noununaggression (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of aggression.

    Reviewing the histories of France, Russia, and Great Britain, which are nowise stories of peaceful unaggression, and judging national character as exhibited therein, […]

    1919, The Journal of Mental Science, volume 65, page 84
    1 more example

    So, being called 'gay' may mean being: 1) An unaggressive homosexual. 2) An unaggressive asexual. 3) An unaggressive supine heterosexual (where the man plays a submissive role to the woman). 4) An unaggressive founder of religion. All of the above are the four main states of unaggression.

    2011, Garth M. Bright, National Security, page 10

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  13. Latingradior
  14. Latinaggredior
  15. Latinaggressiō
  16. Middle Frenchaggression
  17. Englishaggression
  18. Englishunaggression

From un- + aggression.

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APA

unaggression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaggression

MLA

“unaggression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaggression. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaggression,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaggression.

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