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Definition of Assertive
1. Adjective. Aggressively self-assured. "Pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
Also: Aggressive, Imperative
Similar to: Cocky, Emphatic, Forceful
Derivative terms: Assert, Assertiveness
Antonyms: Unassertive
Definition of Assertive
1. a. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
Definition of Assertive
1. Adjective. boldly self-assured; aggressively confident; cocky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assertive
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Assertive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an by John Mulligan (1874)
"(8) In the arrangement of an assertive proposition, the subject is generally
placed before the assertive word. This may be considered the natural order (9), ..."
2. A Grammar of the Irish Language: Pub. for the Use of the Senior Classes in by John O'Donovan (1845)
"In the counties of Kilkenny, Waterford, and Tipperary, nac is generally pronounced
na, except in those situations where the assertive verb ip is understood; ..."
3. The Human Mind: A Treatise in Mental Philosophy by Edward John Hamilton (1883)
"Though propositions always state existential thought! and may be dwelt upon simply
as doing so, we frequently conceive of them as having also this assertive ..."
4. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"The assertive Promoter Somewhat akin there is another type of promoter who is
frequently successful in small undertakings through sheer personal ..."
5. The Wine of the Puritans: A Study of Present-day America by Van Wyck Brooks (1908)
"... Originality and tradition—Shaw and the non-assertive—Constructive forces—Denver
and Dam^cus. " /" | ~MIE question is, why are we abroad I —we, I mean, ..."
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