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Definition: Aggression |
AggressionNoun1. A disposition to behave aggressively. 2. A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. 3. Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. 4. The act of initiating hostilities. 5. Deliberately unfriendly behavior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aggression" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Etymology: Aggression \Ag*gres"sion\, noun. [Latin expression aggressio, from aggredi: compare to the French expression agression.]. (references) |
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Military & Defense | Use of armed forces by a State against the sovereignty or political independence of another State. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AggressionSynonyms: aggressiveness (n), hostility (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade, ruade; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at. |
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Crosswords: Aggression |
| English words defined with "aggression": aggro ♦ beat, beat up ♦ defensive ♦ force ♦ oral ♦ violence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aggression": assault occasioning actual bodily harm ♦ Type A Personality. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aggression" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (aggression, aggro), German (aggression), Swedish (aggression, agression). |
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Screenplays | In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us. This power cannot be revoked (The Day the Earth Stood Still; writing credit: Harry Bates; Edmund H. North) Aggression is a natural, human tendency -- although you and I come by it another way. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I reject absolutely pride, aggression, and retaliation (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones) Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) Aggression. (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson) | |
Clever | Passive aggression (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Absolute Aggression (1996) | |
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 | Aggression -- "Not a pleasant outlook for me!". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | If the U.S. monopoly capitalist block continues to pursue its policy of aggression and war, there will come a day when it will be strangled by the people of the world. The other accomplices of the U.S. will meet the same fate. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Resolutely support the struggle of the Palestinian and other Arab peoples against imperialist-Israeli aggression : irresistible historical trend : countries want independence, nations want liberation, the people want revolution. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hands off Vietnam : China's aggression must stop now!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Declaration against aggression and massacre of the people in South Vietnam by the clique of the U.S. and Ngo Dinh Diem, August 29, 1963. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | We understand the Russian need to be secure on her western frontiers by the removal of all possibility of German aggression. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. (reference) |
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Health | Estimates suggest that as many as one-half of demented patients exhibit aggression. (references) | |
They can begin to exhibit bizarre behaviors such as pacing, wandering, screaming, and physical or verbal aggression. (references) | ||
This kind of assessment and early detection can be crucial in preventing agitation from escalating to physical aggression. (references) | ||
Business | Acts of aggression against artistic and cultural assets is on the rise and has taken on an international dimension, as a result of the opening of EU frontiers. (references) | |
According to ISTAT, the national statistical institute, the victims of pickpockets, theft and acts of aggression were 2,727,000 in 1999. Home and car burglaries in this period also counted 4,775,000 victims. (references) | ||
The inkjet market saw the complete disappearance of monochrome printers, entry of a new brand (Apollo), a fiercely competitive scenario, unprecedented aggression from almost all vendors, and a virtual flood of new models. (references) | ||
Children | Philippines | The NPA claims that members from 15 to 18 years of age are assigned to self-defense and noncombat duties and that in the event of "enemy aggression or encroachment" weapons would be distributed to the oldest children first. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Korea | Claiming that the country is under continuing threat of armed aggression, the Government carefully manages the visits of foreign journalists. (references) |
Mexico | During the first 7 months of 1999, the CNDH program on aggression against journalists investigated 22 complaints of attacks on journalists; most were for assault or intimidation. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | The British promised to protect Bahrain from all aggression by sea and to lend support in case of land attack. (references) |
Qatar | In return, the British promised to protect Qatar from all aggression by sea and to lend their good offices in case of a land attack. (references) | |
South Korea | In the 1954 U.S.-R.O.K. Mutual Defense Treaty, the United States agreed to help the Republic of Korea defend itself against external aggression. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | The Sao Paulo state police ombudswoman received 486 complaints of torture (encompassing such acts as abuse of authority, aggression, and attempted homicide, as well as torture) through the first 8 months of the year, compared with 935 in 2000. In the sub-category of torture, the Ombudsman reported receiving 73 complaints during the year, compared with 148 in 2000. The decline in reported complaints largely is due to the fact that insufficient resources and staffing (including a 5-month gap in approving appointment of the Ombudsman) impaired functioning of the Ombudsman's office during the year. (references) |
Political Economy | Korea | The United States is obligated under the 1954 U.S.-Korea Mutual Defense Treaty to help Korea defend itself from external aggression. (references) |
Nepal | The Constitution also permits the King to exercise emergency powers in the event of war, external aggression, armed revolt, or extreme economic depression, again on the advice of the Council of Ministers. (references) | |
Political Rights | India | On the advice of the Prime Minister, the President may proclaim a state of emergency in any part of the national territory in the event of war, external aggression, or armed rebellion. (references) |
Women | El Salvador | The ISDEMU received 286 cases of sexual aggression compared to 364 in 2000. The law does not prohibit a person from working as a prostitute. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Under the 1997 Law Against Domestic Violence, the State can prosecute for rape, incest, sexual aggression, and other forms of domestic violence. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Colombia | In 2000 the Prosecutor General's office created the Center for Attention to Victims of Sexual Crimes, which as of December had provided legal assistance in 2,200 cases of sexual aggression against women and children. (references) |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations and to endanger the peace of our own is so obvious that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Constituting as it does the best standing security of this country against foreign aggression, it claims the especial attention of Government. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | So long as fanaticism and fear brood over the affairs of men, we must arm to deter others from aggression. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | To ignore aggression now would only increase the danger of a much larger war. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | In cases involving other types of aggression, we shall furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with our treaty commitments. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | This military strength deters aggression against our allies, stabilizes our relations with former adversaries, and protects our homeland. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The Moslem world is especially and justifiably outraged by this aggression against an Islamic people. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | From this podium, Winston Churchill asked the free world to stand together against the onslaught of aggression. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Tonight, we work to achieve another victory, a victory over tyranny and savage aggression. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Like other generations of Americans, we will meet the responsibility of defending human liberty against violence and aggression. |
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| "Aggression" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.92% of the time. "Aggression" is used about 1,232 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.92% | 1,231 | 6,343 |
| Noun (common) | 0.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,232 | N/A |
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Expressions using "aggression": an act of aggression ♦ armed aggression ♦ initiated aggression ♦ instrumental aggression ♦ retaliatory aggression. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "aggression": aggression-arousing. | |
Ending with "aggression": non-aggression. | |
Containing "aggression": non-aggression pact, non-aggression-pact. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "aggression"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aggressie (aggro), aanval (access, assault, attack). (various references) | |
Albanian | agresion (aggressiveness, aggro, assault). (various references) | |
Arabic | إعتِدا (hostility), هجوم (assault, attack, blow, dash, offence, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, pounce, push, raid, rush, swoop), عدوانية (truculence), عدوان, التعدي, الإفتئات على حقوق الاخريين. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | враждебност (animosity, antagonism, enmity, hostility, ill feeling), нападение (assault, attack, foray, incursion, offence, offense, onfall, onset, strike, thrust), агресия (invasion), агресивност (aggressiveness, militancy, truculence), посегателство (encroachment, impingement, infringement, inroad, invasion, violation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 侵略 (incursion, invade, Invaded, invading). (various references) | |
Czech | agresivnost (belligerency), agrese, útok (assault, attack, brunt, charge, descent, offence, offensive, onset, onslaught, raid, rush, storm, strike). (various references) | |
Danish | angreb (access, attack), aggression (aggro). (various references) | |
Dutch | agressie (aggro). (various references) | |
Esperanto | agreso. (various references) | |
Finnish | hyökkäyssota (war of aggression), hyökkäyskanta (war of aggression). (various references) | |
French | agression (aggro). (various references) | |
Frisian | agresje (aggro), raam (access, attack), oerhaal (access, attack), oanfal (access, aggro, attack). (various references) | |
German | Angriff (access, assail, assault, attack, charge, offence, offense, onset, onslaught, pounce, raid, strike, ward, whammy), Aggression. (various references) | |
Greek | επιθετικότητα (aggressiveness, belligerence). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | agresion (aggro). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תוקפ ות (aggressiveness, pugnacity, truculence), אלימות (terror, terrorism, violence), "ת'רות (challenge, provocation, teasing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | agresszió (aggro), támadás (access, assault, attack, blitz, brunt, feint, flanker, inroad, invasion, offence, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, push, raid, set to). (various references) | |
Indonesian | agresi. (various references) | |
Italian | attacco (access, assault, attack, binding, bout, connection, connexion, fastening, fit, junction, offense, onfall, onset, paroxysm, seizure, spasm, team, thrust, turn), assalto (access, assault, attack, onfall, onset, onslaught, rush, storm, whammy), aggressione (assault, attack, holdup, mugging, raid). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 侵略 (invasion, raid), 侵入 (invasion, penetration, raid, trespass). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | し"にゅう (advance radical, entry, invasion, joined, newly arrived, newly-entered, penetration, permeation of liquid or gas, raid, shinnyuu, trespass), し"りゃく (invasion, raid), さ"しょく (encroachment, invasion, three colours, three meals), "うせい (calibration, composition, constancy, correction, correction of press, fairness, fixed star, future generations, future life, hardness, impartiality, justice, life to come, loud or high-pitched voice, made of steel, matchless, offensive, organization, posterity, proofreading, public welfare, rebirth, rectification, regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resuscitation, revision, tropism, unparalleled, Welfare Ministry, younger people). (various references) | |
Korean | 침략 (invasive). (various references) | |
Manx | yn chied vuilley, aggair (iniquity, injury, injustice, violation). (various references) | |
Norwegian | aggresjon. (various references) | |
Papiamen | ataka (access, attack), agreshon (aggro). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aggressionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | agressão (aggro, assault and battery, attack, offensive). (various references) | |
Romanian | agresiune (attack), ofensivã (attack, foray, offence, offensive, raid), nãvalã (assault, attack, incursion, influx, inrush, invasion, onrush, push, rush). (various references) | |
Russian | агрессия (aggro). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | agresija, napad (assault, attack, attempt, bout, broadside, offence, offense, offensive, onfall, push, strike, thrust, touch). (various references) | |
Spanish | agresión (access, assault, attack, battery), ataque (access, assault, attack, bout, charge, drive, fit, onfall, onset, paroxysm, point, raid, rush, seizure, strike, thrust, turn), acometida (access, attack, attempt, enterprise, rush). (various references) | |
Swedish | angrepp (access, assault, attack, charge, offence, offense, onfall, onset, swoop, thrust), anfall (access, assault, attack, attacks, bout, charge, fit, offence, offense, offensive, onfall, onset, outburst, rush, seizure, set, spasm, thrust). (various references) | |
Tagalog | paglúsob (access, attack). (various references) | |
Turkish | hücum (access, assault, attack, bully, charge, dash, forage, incursion, offensive, onrush, onset, raid, rush, scrimmage, sortie, storm, thrust). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | неспровокований напад, агресія, агресивність (aggressiveness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự xâm lược (invasion), sự gây hấn (aggressive), cuộc xâm lược sự công kích sự gây sự, cuộc gây hấn. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymosodiad (assault, attack), gormes (oppression, tyranny). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aggression": aggressions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aggression": antiaggression, counteraggression, nonaggression. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aggression": counteraggressions, nonaggressions. (additional references) | |
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"Aggression" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aggeson, aggession, aggresion, Agression. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aggression" (pronounced ugre"shun) |
| 7 | u g r e" sh u n | nonaggression, progression, regression. |
| 6 | -g r e" sh u n | digression, transgression. |
| 5 | -r e" sh u n | compression, decompression, depression, discretion, expression, freshen, impression, indiscretion, misimpression, oppression, repression, suppression. |
| 4 | -e" sh u n | accession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-i-n-o-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: organises. | |
-2 letters: agonises, argosies, assigner, assignor, erasions, gearings, goriness, grassing, greasing, grossing, isagoges, organise, reassign, seagoing, sensoria, sergings, seringas, signages, signoras, snaggier, sniggers, soarings. | |
-3 letters: ageings, aggress, agonies, agonise, arsines, earings, engross, erasing, erasion, eringos, gainers, gangers, gassier, gassing, gearing, gingers, granges, gringos, grisons, ignores, ingress, isagoge, naggers, naggier, onagers, oranges, origans, raggies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-i-n-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: aggressions, seignorages. | |
+2 letters: segregations, seigniorages. | |
+3 letters: nonaggression, nonaggressive, organogenesis. | |
+4 letters: antiaggression, desegregations, gregariousness, nonaggressions, resegregations, segregationist. | |
+5 letters: disaggregations, nonsegregations, segregationists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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