ASSERTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assertiveness mean? 

• ASSERTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun ASSERTIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions

  Familiarity information: ASSERTIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSERTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

assertiveness; self-assertiveness

Hypernyms ("assertiveness" is a kind of...):

positiveness; positivism; positivity (a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assertiveness"):

bumptiousness; cockiness; forwardness; pushiness (offensive boldness and assertiveness)

Derivation:

assertive (aggressively self-assured)