aggressives
- 1Plural of aggressive.
Behavioral studies often distinguish the aggressives from the more passive members of a group.
Among the rescued animals, the aggressives were placed with the most experienced handlers.
Note
An adjective turned noun, and the plural carries both of the noun's lives. Most often it sorts people or animals by temperament, setting the aggressives against the passive members of a group. In US usage it is also an identity label: aggressives are masculine-presenting women, especially Black women, much the same as butches. Context decides which is meant; in the second use it names an identity, not a temperament.
aggressives is a form of aggressive
aggressive, noun: A person who behaves in a combative, attacking manner toward others. Full entry
- Forms
- aggressiveaggressives plural
- Spelling
- aggressive → aggressives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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