Meanings
plural wars of aggression
- international lawA military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.
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The crime of war, the crime of the war of aggression, and the crime of aggression are clearly three different crimes with three different facts of the case. For a complex judgment of war, they nonetheless overlap with one another, and their separation seems to a large section of public opinion a mere juridical artifice.
2011, Carl Schmitt, edited by Timothy Nunan, Writings on War, Polity, →ISBN, page 149Synonyms: war of conquest · Antonyms: just war
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 侵略戰爭 /侵略战争
- 侵略戰爭 /侵略战争 (qīnlüè zhànzhēng)military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Dutch aanvalsoorlog
- aanvalsoorlogmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Esperanto agresmilito
- agresmilitomilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Finnish hyökkäyssota
- hyökkäyssotamilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
French guerre d'agression
- guerre d'agressionmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
German Angriffskrieg
- Angriffskriegmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Hebrew מלחמה תוקפנית
- מלחמה תוקפניתmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Polish agresja
- agresjamilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Romanian război de agresiune
- război de agresiunemilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Russian агре́ссия
- агре́ссия (agréssija)military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Spanish guerra de agresión
- guerra de agresiónmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Swedish anfallskrig
- anfallskrigmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Ukrainian агре́сія
- агре́сія (ahrésija)military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Vietnamese chiến tranh xâm lược
- chiến tranh xâm lượcmilitary conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
Cite this entry
war of aggression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20of%20aggression
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