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English Dictionary: assertive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): assertive, self- asserting, self-assertive
    Antonym(s): unassertive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Assertive \As*sert"ive\, a.
      Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
  
               In a confident and assertive form.         --Glanvill.
      {As*sert"ive*ly}, adv. -- {As*sert"ive*ness}, n.
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