assertive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

/əˈsɝtɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-assertive.wav

assertive more assertive most assertive

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.

assertative

assertively assertiveness hyperassertive nonassertive overassertive self-assertive subassertive unassertive underassertive

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