aggressivity

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being aggressive.

   “[…] to develop the primary elements of intentional personal activity and of objective aggressivity, giving a meaning to every muscular contraction.”

   “In serial inoculations aggressivity increases until the danger arises that the series will cease from some cause not clearly understood. As the aggressivity increases, there is a decrease in the power of the exudate to block hæmolysis.”

   “He does not see that it is the perversion (evasion, denial) of action that is the origin of the aggressivity that he discerns but cannot account for. He never connects his aggressivity with his concept of activity – desire, love, will – which, he knows, is neither masculine nor feminine.”

   “Aggression is directly connected with the function of the legs in an adult since our legs move us towards the things we want. If the motility of a person’s legs is decreased, his aggressivity is reduced.”

2. (uncountable, usually)The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.