assertive
confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
having a distinctive or pronounced taste or aroma.
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Origin of assertive
1Other words for assertive
Other words from assertive
- as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- as·ser·tive·ness, noun
- non·as·ser·tive, adjective
- non·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- non·as·ser·tive·ness, noun
- o·ver·as·ser·tive, adjective
- o·ver·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·as·ser·tive·ness, noun
- pseu·do·as·ser·tive, adjective
- pseu·do·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- un·as·ser·tive, adjective
- un·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- un·as·ser·tive·ness, noun
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How to use assertive in a sentence
They acknowledge the unprecedented challenges facing us and the need for more assertive and determined action.
Why now was the right time for Bahrain to normalize relations with Israel | jakemeth | October 30, 2020 | FortuneGoogle Health, in turn, penned a polite, nuanced but assertive rebuttal arguing for their need to protect patient information and prevent the AI from malicious attacks.
Can We Trust AI Doctors? Google Health and Academics Battle It Out | Shelly Fan | October 20, 2020 | Singularity HubStill, the naturally shy Magbegor admits she needs to be more assertive to take her game to the next level.
Women are constantly told they need to change themselves—be more assertive, or wear more makeup—to succeed.
The Best Workplaces for Women are expanding the turf for women in finance | lbelanger225 | September 18, 2020 | FortuneA more recent sign of the growing antagonism is the unease that Apple, a relative Switzerland among CTV platforms, could become more assertive in its dealings with media companies distributing apps on Apple TV.
And, in all fairness to Lady Gaga, any singer who matches up with Tony Bennett needs to get loud and assertive.
It tells me we need more women, and men, to raise their girls the way my parents raised me: to be assertive, confident and proud.
Sheryl Sandberg's Got a Bigger Problem Than Bossy-Gate | Keli Goff | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe would recognize the angry, assertive tone of comments on web articles as the exact same tendency he identified in 1929.
The Smartest Book About Our Digital Age Was Published in 1929 | Ted Gioia | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are proving more assertive than ever before in demanding the rights that adults have until now failed to deliver.
Gordon Brown: Malala’s Fight for Girls’ Education in Pakistan Continues | Gordon Brown | June 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe goal is to make art more assertive, and more accessible to more people.
She was more self-important and self-assertive, and Zizi wondered if she had learned something definite against some suspect.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn WellsPresently, with her alert, rather assertive blue eyes she saw Kitty, and came forward.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThis discussion is necessarily didactic and assertive for it is impossible to prove or disprove any of these postulates.
The Inhumanity of Socialism | Edward F. AdamsHe was an absolute positivist; his positivism did not make him self-assertive nor peremptory; on the contrary, it oppressed him.
Contemporary Russian Novelists | Serge PerskyHis taste in literature was uniformly bad, but very definite, and far more assertive than his views on biological questions.
Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith Wharton
British Dictionary definitions for assertive
/ (əˈsɜːtɪv) /
confident and direct in claiming one's rights or putting forward one's views
given to making assertions or bold demands; dogmatic or aggressive
Derived forms of assertive
- assertively, adverb
- assertiveness, noun
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