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 <fs xx-large>Aggression</fs></WRAP>
-Aggression, to me, is a quality (trait) of human responses to events. Physical assault can be termed aggressive, but it's not primarily what I am talking about. Whenever something happens to which a human can react, they have the full bandwidth of options. Some things would be considered "normal" or "reasonable" responses, while some others may be considered comparatively forceful or coercive, "aggressive"((This only applies to things where the reaction we are looking at is one that affects another person through force or coercion.)).
+Aggression describes the amount of persuasive/coercive strength used to accomplish a goal. All things humans do are typically done to achieve a goal. If some kind of coercive force is needed (or used) to make that happen, the amount of coercive force used is called "aggression".
-Say your coworker is taking the pen you just used to write something down. You put it down onto the paper where you're writing, because you're gonna need it again. But now you're looking up at your desktop screen because there's numbers on it which you need. During that moment, your coworker, without asking, takes your pen. How do you get your pen back? Well, the possibilities are endless! And when talking from this angle, all your possible options can be plotted on a scale from "Not aggressive" to "Very aggressive". Aggressive in this context refers solely to the amount of force used in your effort to get it back.
+Say your coworker is taking the pen you just used to write something down. You put it down onto the paper where you're writing, because you're gonna need it again. But now your coworker, without asking, takes your pen. How do you get your pen back? Well, the possibilities are endless! And when talking from this angle, all your possible options can be plotted on a scale from "Not aggressive" to "Very aggressive". Aggressive in this context refers solely to the amount of force used in your effort to get it back.
   - The least forceful thing to do is probably something like "Hey can I have that back?" or, if you and your coworker get along and are acquainted to that level, some kind of joking, funny remark.
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 <wrap em>TL;DR:</wrap> While aggression is expressed in absolute terms on this scale, in day to day life it is more often used relatively, to gauge and/or express to others just how much force((Especially coercive force, ie. mental/emotional/social pressure, or physical coercion.)) is/would be used to effect a certain goal, IN COMPARISON TO HOW MUCH THEY WOULD EXPECT. If something is said to be aggressive, what was done was more forceful (mentally/emotionally/socially/physically coercive) than what the person would have expected.
+====== Defensiveness ======
+On the same scale, Defensiveness is a variable use trait to describe actions that, for their situation, are aimed to reduce risk or damage. When changing the name of a brand in your satire program - even if your national law allows the use of clear names in the context of parody - you are pro-actively defending against a potential lawsuit, ie. you are "defensive". General policies, like trying to save money when expecting a shrinking economy, are defensive as well.