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Assertiveness   /əsˈərtɪvnəs/   Listen
Assertiveness

noun
1.
Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions.  Synonym: self-assertiveness.



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"Assertiveness" Quotes from Famous Books



... I sat down even for a moment I was sure to find threads and bits of colored silk clinging to my clothes after I went away. Lena's success puzzled me. She was so easy-going; had none of the push and self-assertiveness that get people ahead in business. She had come to Lincoln, a country girl, with no introductions except to some cousins of Mrs. Thomas who lived there, and she was already making clothes for the women of "the young married set." She evidently had great natural aptitude for her work. ...
— My Antonia • Willa Sibert Cather



Words linked to "Assertiveness" :   forwardness, self-assertiveness, bumptiousness, pushiness, cockiness, assertiveness training, assertive, positiveness, positivism, positivity



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