assertiveness

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assertiveness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Assertive \As*sert"ive\, a.
     Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           In a confident and assertive form.       --Glanvill.
     [1913 Webster] As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness,
     n.
     [1913 Webster]

assertiveness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  assertiveness
      n 1: aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
           [syn: assertiveness, self-assertiveness]