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assertive

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective assertive has 1 sense

assertive(a = adj.all) self-asserting, self-assertive - aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"

Derived forms verb assert₃, noun assertiveness₁

Antonym: unassertive

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CIDE DICTIONARY

assertive, a.

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. [1913 Webster]

"In a confident and assertive form." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

assertive, adj.
1 tending to assert oneself; forthright, positive.
2 dogmatic.

Derivative

assertively adv. assertiveness n.

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THESAURUS

assertive

absolute, affirmative, affirmatory, aggressive, assertative, assertional, bold, bossy, certain, confident, decided, declarative, declaratory, definite, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, firm, insistent, opinionated, peremptory, positive, predicational, predicative, pushy, sure

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