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noun
The quality of being pushy; being aggressively ambitious, overly assertive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: pushingness, cockiness, forwardness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Being bold or determined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: moxie, vigor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
offensive boldness and assertiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bumptiousness, cockiness, forwardness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assertiveness, self-assertiveness
History
Etymology tree English pushy 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 pushiness From pushy + -ness.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
