assertive

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Pronunciation

/əˈsɝtɪv/

Definition of assertive

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

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

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adj

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

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

“an assertive taste or odor”

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

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