aggressionist
English
editEtymology
editFrom aggression + -ist.
Noun
editaggressionist (plural aggressionists)
- A proponent of aggressionism ("a doctrine or worldview favouring violence").
Adjective
editaggressionist (comparative more aggressionist, superlative most aggressionist)
- Characterized by or advocating the use of aggression.
- 1982, Aaron Hart, Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears: Can Israel Survive?, New York, N.Y. […]: Vantage Press, →ISBN, pages 53–53:
- In order to serve American interests in the region, strengthen the Western interests in the delicate situation of the Persian Gulf, and counter Soviet attempts to penetrate this sensitive area, America supplies sophisticated arms to Saudi Arabia. This is part of the American worldwide strategy to contain Soviet aggressionist and expansionist policies.
References
edit- “aggressionist, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.