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Webster 1913 Edition

Assertive

As-sert′ive

,

Adj.

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

In a confident and

assertive

form.

Glanvill.

As-sert′ive-ly

,

adv.

–

As-sert′ive-ness

,

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Assertive

ASSERT'IVE

,

Adj.

Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory.

Definition 2024

assertive

assertive

English

Adjective

assertive ‎(comparative more assertive, superlative most assertive)

boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive

Derived terms

assertiveness

Translations

boldly self-assured

Bulgarian: самоуверен (bg) ‎(samouveren), настоятелен (bg) ‎(nastojatelen), напорист ‎(naporist)
Catalan: assertiu (ca)
Czech: asertivní, průbojný m, kategorický (cs) m
Dutch: assertief (nl), mondig (nl)
Esperanto: ordonema
Finnish: itsevarma (fi)
French: assuré (fr), assertif (fr)
Hebrew: אסרטיבי (he) ‎(assertivi)
Italian: assertivo (it)

Maori: hikareia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fremoverlent (no)
Portuguese: assertivo (pt), firme (pt)
Russian: напо́ристый (ru) ‎(napóristyj), самоуве́ренный (ru) ‎(samouvérennyj), утверди́тельный (ru) ‎(utverdítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dian-bhriathrach
Spanish: categórico (es), enérgico (es), firme (es)
Turkish: iddialı (tr)

Italian

Adjective

assertive

feminine plural of assertivo

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