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SELF-ASSERTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
Synonyms:
assertiveness; self-assertiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("self-assertiveness" is a kind of...):
positiveness; positivism; positivity (a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-assertiveness"):
bumptiousness; cockiness; forwardness; pushiness (offensive boldness and assertiveness)