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Definition: Assertiveness |
AssertivenessNoun1. Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assertiveness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
Synonym: AssertivenessSynonym: self-assertiveness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Assertiveness |
| English words defined with "assertiveness": bumptiousness ♦ cockiness ♦ forwardness ♦ nonaggressive ♦ positiveness, pushiness ♦ unaggressive. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "assertiveness": Stress management. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Your assertiveness tells me that you feel the same way about me. But ritual remains that we must do a series of platonic actions before we can have intercourse (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) | |
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Health | They learn other coping techniques, such as cigarette refusal skills, assertiveness, and time management. (references) | |
The interventions begin with HIV and substance abuse education, but also include skill acquisition, assertiveness training, and behavioral reinforcement components. (references) | ||
Economic History | Canada | The early 1960s brought a Quiet Revolution to Quebec, leading to a new assertiveness and heightened sense of identity among the French-speaking Quebecois, who make up about one-quarter of Canada's population. (references) |
Political Economy | Uganda | The Parliament acted with continued independence and assertiveness during the year; however, this decreased significantly prior to the June parliamentary elections. (references) |
Political Rights | Uganda | The President dominated the Government, and Movement supporters remained in control of the Parliament; the independence and assertiveness of legislators decreased significantly prior to the June parliamentary elections. (references) |
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| "Assertiveness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Assertiveness" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 135 | 27,360 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "assertiveness": assertiveness training. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "assertiveness": non-assertiveness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "assertiveness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | توكيد (accent, affirmation, assertion, assurance, confirmation, emphasis, predication), جزم (affirm, assert, assertion, asseverate, aver, avouch, dogmatize, vouch), إصرار (firmness, insistence, obduracy, persistence, resoluteness, stress, stubbornness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отстояване (assertion). (various references) | |
Chinese | 断言 (Allege, Alleging, ASSERT, Asserted, asserting, assertion, Assertive, Predicated, Predicating). (various references) | |
Czech | asertivita. (various references) | |
French | assurance (assurance, assuredness). (various references) | |
German | Anmassung (arrogance, arrogation, overbearance, pretension), Anmaßung (arrogance, arrogation, hubris, insolence, presumption, presumptuousness, pretension, usurpation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תקיפות (firmness, resoluteness, resolution, vehemence, vigour, violence), "חלטיות (absoluteness, determination, finality, firmness, resoluteness, resolve), "עת ות (intelligence). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tolakodás (crush, importunity, indiscretion, intrusion, jostling, obtrusion, self-assertion), parancsoló modor, parancsoló (authoritative, compelling, dictatorial, domineering, imperatival, imperative, imperatorial, imperious, magisterial), magabiztosság (cock-sureness, confidence, nerve, panache, self-assertion, self-assurance, self-confidence), hang (high voice, note, phonic, skirl, sonic, sound, speech, strain, tenor, tune, voice, vote, vox), ellentmondást nem tűrő hang, önzés (egoism, egomania, egotism, self interest, selfishness, self-love), öntudatosság (self consciousness, self-awareness, self-consciousness). (various references) | |
Italian | arrogarsi (arrogate, assume). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 積極性 (positiveness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せっきょくせい (positiveness). (various references) | |
Manx | treealys (enterprise). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | assertivenessay.(various references) | |
Russian | убедительность (cogence, cogency, persuasiveness), напористость. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | samopouzdanje (aplomb, self confidence, self-assurance), pouzdanost (dependability, reliability, sureness, surety, trustiness, trustworthiness), pouzdanje (faith, reliance, self confidence). (various references) | |
Spanish | asertividad, aserción (assertion), afirmación (affirmation, assertion, asseveration, averment, care, predication, say so), usurpar (assume, encroach, encroach on, infringe on, inroad, usurp). (various references) | |
Turkish | kendine güven (aplomb, assuredness, confidence, ego, self confidence, self sufficiency, self-assurance, self-reliance). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "assertiveness": assertivenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Assertiveness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assertivness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assertiveness" (pronounced user"tivnus) |
| 6 | -t i v n u s | attentiveness, attractiveness, combativeness, competitiveness, creativeness, destructiveness, distinctiveness, effectiveness, ineffectiveness, inventiveness, restiveness, restrictiveness, secretiveness, sensitiveness, suggestiveness, vindictiveness. |
| 5 | -i v n u s | aggressiveness, cohesiveness, decisiveness, defensiveness, divisiveness, elusiveness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, intrusiveness, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, possessiveness, responsiveness. |
| 4 | -v n u s | forgiveness, resistiveness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, astuteness, asynchronous, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, coldness, Colonus, compactness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, directness, disingenuousness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, indebtedness, indigenous, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resourcefulness, restlessness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, selfishness, selflessness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-r-s-s-s-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: iratenesses, restiveness. | |
-3 letters: artinesses, averseness, easinesses, invertases, vastnesses. | |
-4 letters: arsenites, assenters, assertive, assisters, enervates, esterases, eternises, invertase, irateness, reinvests, resinates, sarsenets, seventies, sirventes, stearines, terseness, venerates. | |
-5 letters: arenites, arsenite, artiness, assenter, assister, earnests, easiness, eateries, eeriness, enervate, eserines, esterase, eternise, etesians, inverses, naivetes, nereises, nerviest, reassess, reinvest, resinate, retsinas, sarsenet, sassiest, sensates, sentries, serenate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-r-s-s-s-s-t-v" | |
+2 letters: assertivenesses, versatilenesses. | |
+3 letters: transitivenesses. | |
+4 letters: everlastingnesses, superlativenesses. | |
+5 letters: conservativenesses, intransitivenesses. | |
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