aggressività

aggressiveness; aggression

noun ahg-gres-see-vee-TAH Rare

Usage Note

Aggressività is an invariable noun — like all Italian nouns ending in -tà, it has the same form in both singular and plural: l'aggressività (aggressiveness) / le aggressività (acts of aggression). It can carry a negative sense (hostility) or a neutral/positive one in sport and business ('competitive drive').

Examples

"L'aggressività del cane spaventò i bambini."

Natural Translation

The dog's aggressiveness frightened the children.

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