noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being assertive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
assertiveness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S ER1 T IH0 V N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-assertiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: positivity, positiveness, positivism
Narrower terms: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness, forwardness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English assertive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English assertiveness From assertive + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: assertivitat — the quality of being assertive
- Czech: asertivita — the quality of being assertive
- Danish: selvhævdelse — the quality of being assertive
- Finnish: itsevarmuus — the quality of being assertive
- Finnish: jämäkkyys — the quality of being assertive
- French: assertivité — the quality of being assertive
- German: Anmaßung — the quality of being assertive
- German: Bestimmtheit — the quality of being assertive
- German: Durchsetzungsfähigkeit — the quality of being assertive
- German: Durchsetzungsvermögen — the quality of being assertive
- German: Rechthaberei — the quality of being assertive
- German: Selbstbehauptung — the quality of being assertive
- German: Selbstsicherheit — the quality of being assertive
- German: Selbstbewusstsein — the quality of being assertive
- Lithuanian: asertyvumas — the quality of being assertive
- Polish: asertywność — the quality of being assertive
- Russian: уверенность в себе (uverennostʹ v sebe) — the quality of being assertive
- Spanish: asertividad — the quality of being assertive
- Thai: การกล้าแสดงออก — the quality of being assertive
- Turkish: girişkenlik — the quality of being assertive
- Turkish: iddiacılık — the quality of being assertive
- Turkish: kararlılık — the quality of being assertive
- Turkish: kesinlik — the quality of being assertive
- Turkish: olumluluk — the quality of being assertive
- Turkish: kendine güvenme — the quality of being assertive
- Ukrainian: асертивність (asertyvnistʹ) — the quality of being assertive