assertive
as·ser·tive
adjective
1.
inclined to bold and confident assertion; aggressively self-assured
- “an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue”
- “pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act”
2.
- “too assertive as a salesman”
- “his self-assertive and unflagging energy”
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.
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