Assertive
[ə'sɜːtɪv] or [ə'sɝtɪv]
Definition
(adj.) aggressively self-assured; 'an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue'; 'pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act' .
Edited by Francine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
Checker: Ophelia
Examples
- He was shy, and unwilling to own to the name of Reginald, as being too aspiring and self-assertive a name. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Semite also was more polygamous than the Aryan, his women less self-assertive,[135] and the tendency of his government more patriarchal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Ophelia