assertive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsɝtɪv/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

assertive (comparative more assertive, superlative most assertive)

1. Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:

     Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.

2. Pungent.

   an assertive taste or odor

Derived terms

• assertively
• assertiveness
• hyperassertive
• nonassertive
• overassertive
• self-assertive
• subassertive
• unassertive
• underassertive

Related terms

• assertative

Translations

boldly self-assured — see also categorical,‎ energetic,‎ firm

Bulgarian: самоуверен (bg) (samouveren), настоятелен (bg) (nastojatelen), напорист (naporist) Catalan: assertiu (ca) Czech: asertivní, průbojný, kategorický (cs), rozhodný (cs), důrazný Danish: assertiv, selvsikker Dutch: assertief (nl), mondig (nl) Esperanto: ordonema Finnish: itsevarma (fi), jämäkkä (fi) French: assuré (fr), assertif (fr) Galician: asertivo m German: assertiv (de), selbstbewusst (de), durchsetzungsfähig, bestimmt (de), affirmativ (de), bejahend (de), positiv (de), zuversichtlich (de), forsch (de), assertiv (de), herausfordernd (de), dogmatisch (de), auffallend (de) Hebrew: אַסֶרְטִיבִי (he) (asertívi) Irish: forránach Italian: assertivo (it) Macedonian: самоу́верен (samoúveren), у́тврден (útvrden) Maori: hikareia Norwegian: Bokmål: fremoverlent (no) Polish: pewny siebie (pl) (in general), pewny swego (in a particular situation), asertywny (pl) (calque fashionable in psychology) Portuguese: assertivo (pt), firme (pt) Romanian: asertiv (ro) Russian: напо́ристый (ru) (napóristyj), самоуве́ренный (ru) (samouvérennyj), утверди́тельный (ru) (utverdítelʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: dian-bhriathrach Spanish: asertivo (es), aseverativo Turkish: iddialı (tr) Ukrainian: асертивний m (asertyvnyj)

Anagrams

• sevirates

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.tiv/
• Homophone: assertives

Adjective

assertive

1. feminine singular of assertif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

assertive

1. inflection of assertiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

assertive f pl

1. feminine plural of assertivo

Anagrams

• asservite, astersive, resisteva, tesseravi