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war of aggression

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: international law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: war of conquest

Antonyms: just war

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ագրեսիա (agresia) — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Azerbaijani: işğalçı müharibə — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Azerbaijani: işğalçılıq müharibəsi — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Azerbaijani: istilaçılıq müharibəsi — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侵略戰爭 /侵略战争 (qīnlüè zhànzhēng) — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Dutch: aanvalsoorlog — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Esperanto: agresmilito — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Finnish: hyökkäyssota — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • French: guerre d'agression — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Georgian: აგრესიული ომი (agresiuli omi) — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Georgian: თავდასხმითი ომი (tavdasxmiti omi) — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • German: Angriffskrieg — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Hebrew: מלחמה תוקפנית — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Polish: agresja — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Romanian: război de agresiune — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Russian: агре́ссия (agréssija) — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Spanish: guerra de agresión — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Swedish: anfallskrig — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Ukrainian: агре́сія (ahrésija) — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
  • Vietnamese: chiến tranh xâm lược — military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation