expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence, so that people take notice:
You should try and be more assertive. * assertive behaviour
OPPSUBMISSIVE
assertively adverb
assertiveness noun [U]:
an assertiveness training course
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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