affrontive
affrontive
(əˈfrʌntɪv)adj
characterized by a propensity to cause offence
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Researchers ended the study prematurely, citing the "negative, hostile, affrontive and dehumanising" encounters among subjects who rapidly had absorbed the passive or aggressive mentalities of their roles.
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