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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. aggressively self-assured;
- Example: "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"
- Example: "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
[syn: assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assertive \As*sert"ive\, a.
   Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
   [1913 Webster]

         In a confident and assertive form.       --Glanvill.
   [1913 Webster] As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness,
   n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

assertive
    adj 1: aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy
           who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a
           listener is an assertive act" [syn: assertive, self-
           asserting, self-assertive] [ant: unassertive]