form of aggression
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformandaggression
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form
noun
uk/fɔːm/us/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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aggression
noun[U]
uk/əˈɡreʃ.ən/us/əˈɡreʃ.ən/
spoken or physical behaviour that is threatening or involves harm to someone ...
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(Definition offormandaggressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A perception that the physician has somehow cheated on that expected reciprocation is prone to evoke a most stridentformofaggression.
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The most frequent presenting complaints for these disorders were insomnia, anyformofaggression(termed global aggression), talking to oneself, aimless wandering, and restlessness.
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When the majority feel their collective sensibility is threatened, physical intensity takes theformofaggression.
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One otherformofaggressioninvolving greater regulation and restraint was examined, namely, postural aggression or threatening gestures that stop short of actual physical harm.
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Change in personality is rarely manifested in theformofaggression, but as apathy and social withdrawal.
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Thisformofaggression, also referred to as instrumental aggression, is designed to help the individual maintain power or possession of situations or individuals for their own gain.
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I am not, of course, saying that the inevitable reply to anyformofaggressionwould be nuclear bombardment.
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We reject anyformofaggressionagainst women and are of the opinion that offenders need to be punished, irrespective of their profession.
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He still combines great regret with his ownformofaggression.
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The otherformofaggressionthat must be viewed against the background of detenté is political aggression, and this is continuing.
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In my view the most likelyformofaggressionwould be of the guerrilla type.
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Indeed, a civil war was mentioned at one point and reference was also made to someformofaggression.
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However, there is a resolution and a firmness on the country when faced by thisformofaggression.
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It is aformofaggressionwhich may occur in other countries.
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Action by armies outside their own borders, on the other hand, is always rightly regarded as aformofaggressionand imperialism.
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We must recognise clearly that the latterformofaggressioncan, in the long run, be as subversive to our society and country as the old-fashioned form of warfare.
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Staring behaviour can be considered aformofaggression, or an invasion of an individual's privacy.
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It appears to an outsider like an exaggeratedformofaggression.
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They can also take theformofaggressionor withdrawal.
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An instrumentalformofaggressionwould be armed robbery.
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