aggressive personality

collocation in English

meaningsofaggressiveandpersonality

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aggressive
adjective
uk
/əˈɡres.ɪv/us
/əˈɡres.ɪv/
showing anger and a willingness to attack ...
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personality
noun
uk
/ˌpɜː.sənˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌpɝː.sənˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the type of person you are, shown by the way you behave, feel, ...
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(Definition ofaggressiveandpersonalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A hunter is often associated with aggressive personalities who use aggressive sales technique.
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The former component refers to physically aggressive acts such as physical bullying, hitting, or fighting but also incorporates aspects ofaggressivepersonalitysuch as arguing, bragging, and hot temper.
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Being overweight is found to be a stable trait, associated as expected with atypical depression and binge eating, but also with aggressive psychopathology reflected inaggressivepersonalitytraits and sociopathy.
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The serotonin system andaggressivepersonalitydisorder.
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It is intrinsically improbable that humiliation should be the right treatment for anaggressivepersonality that probably springs from previous humiliations.
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He was also known for his confrontational andaggressivepersonality.
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In his opinion he did not have anaggressivepersonality.
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For example, people with anaggressivepersonalityare quicker to correctly identify aggressive words or situations.
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Templeton was also noted for anaggressivepersonality.
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These motivators of verbal aggressiveness contribute to an individual with a verballyaggressivepersonalitytrait.
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We find that those with hardworking, even-tempered and aggressive personalities are more likely to vote than those with, respectively, lazy, moody and timid personalities.
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Mana has an impudent andaggressivepersonality.
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Each quarter is headed by a quarter chief, who is chosen either for being the oldest male in the family or for having the mostaggressivepersonality.
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The term has been overused, however, and is sometimes inappropriately applied to llamas with aggressive personalities that are not truly berserk.
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