assertive
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assertive
- /əˈsɝtɪv/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.
adjective more assertive · most assertive
- Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive. Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.
- Pungent. an assertive taste or odor
noun assertives
- An assertion. Proportionative assertives occur in styles of all kinds, from the least formal to the most formal. Satisfactory declarative equivalents do not exist.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: self-assertive, emphatic, cocky, forceful, aggressive, self-asserting, self-confident, confident, resolute, positive, bossy, convincing, firmness, self-evident, tough, straightforward
Translations
Every language
adj boldly self-assured
| Español | asertivo, aseverativo |
|---|---|
| Português | assertivo, firme |
| Français | assuré, assertif |
| Deutsch | assertiv, selbstbewusst, durchsetzungsfähig, bestimmt, affirmativ, bejahend |
| Italiano | assertivo |
| Română | asertiv |
| Русский | напо́ристый napóristyj, самоуве́ренный samouvérennyj, утверди́тельный utverdítelʹnyj |
| עברית | אַסֶרְטִיבִי asertívi |
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