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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

मौखिक आक्रामकता

Pronunciation / Transliteration: maukhik aakramakata

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Verbal aggression/ˈvɜːbəl əˈɡrɛʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"रिश्तों में मौखिक आक्रामकता जहर घोल सकती है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Communication intended to cause psychological pain or to hurt someone using words, insults, threats, or demeaning language.

    "Constant verbal aggression in the workplace can create a hostile environment and severely impact employee well-being."
  2. 2

    A communication style characterized by attacks on the character, competence, or background of another person rather than addressing the issue at hand.

    "Conflict resolution training helps participants distinguish between assertive expression and verbal aggression."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verbalis (pertaining to words, from verbum meaning word) combined with aggressio (an attack or assault, from aggredi meaning to step towards or attack). The compound term emerged in twentieth-century psychology and interpersonal communication studies to describe hostile or destructive communicative behavior.

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