assertive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /əˈsɝtɪv/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.
Meanings
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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.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
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Pungent.
an assertive taste or odor
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most assertive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more assertive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-assertive · unassertive · underassertive · assertiveness · subassertive · hyperassertive · assertively · overassertive · nonassertive
Relateds
Translations (52)
de selbstbewusst (boldly self-assured) · fi jämäkkä (boldly self-assured) · fr assertif (boldly self-assured) · de auffallend (boldly self-assured) · ru утверди́тельный (boldly self-assured) · pl pewny siebie (boldly self-assured) · cs průbojný (boldly self-assured) · ro asertiv (boldly self-assured) · pt firme (boldly self-assured) · de zuversichtlich (boldly self-assured) · de dogmatisch (boldly self-assured) · mk самоу́верен (boldly self-assured) · cs rozhodný (boldly self-assured) · cs důrazný (boldly self-assured) · da selvsikker (boldly self-assured) · de assertiv (boldly self-assured) · nb fremoverlent (boldly self-assured) · fi itsevarma (boldly self-assured) · de affirmativ (boldly self-assured) · pl pewny swego (boldly self-assured) · cs kategorický (boldly self-assured) · nl assertief (boldly self-assured) · bg самоуверен (boldly self-assured) · cs asertivní (boldly self-assured) · gd dian-bhriathrach (boldly self-assured) · ru напо́ристый (boldly self-assured) · mi hikareia (boldly self-assured) · bg напорист (boldly self-assured) · tr iddialı (boldly self-assured) · it assertivo (boldly self-assured) · gl asertivo (boldly self-assured) · de herausfordernd (boldly self-assured) · es aseverativo (boldly self-assured) · de positiv (boldly self-assured) · he אַסֶרְטִיבִי (boldly self-assured) · de bestimmt (boldly self-assured) · da assertiv (boldly self-assured) · de bejahend (boldly self-assured) · de durchsetzungsfähig (boldly self-assured) · nl mondig (boldly self-assured) · bg настоятелен (boldly self-assured) · uk асертивний (boldly self-assured) · pl asertywny (boldly self-assured) · mk у́тврден (boldly self-assured) · de forsch (boldly self-assured) · ru самоуве́ренный (boldly self-assured) · fr assuré (boldly self-assured) · pt assertivo (boldly self-assured) · ca assertiu (boldly self-assured) · eo ordonema (boldly self-assured) · ga forránach (boldly self-assured) · es asertivo (boldly self-assured)