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adj
Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dovish, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenic, irenical, non-violent, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, unaggressive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nonaggressive
Antonyms: aggressive
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ghredh-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English unaggressive From un- + aggressive.
