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Antonyms for assertiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-sur-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜr tɪv |
Definition of assertiveness
Origin :- "tendency toward self-assertion," 1881, from assertive + -ness.
- As in decidedness : noun decision
- As in decisiveness : noun decision
- As in forcefulness : noun force
- As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
- As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
- As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
- As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
- As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
- As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
- As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
- As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
- As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
- As in untowardness : noun unruliness
- Moore's had been imploring in its assertiveness, the desire to convince.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- For all his assertiveness in matters of opinion he is not an intrusive person.
- Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
- Flourishes are always indicative of a certain amount of assertiveness.
- Extract from : « The Detection of Forgery » by Douglas Blackburn
- There lurked in it a suggestion of assertiveness, of aggressiveness even.
- Extract from : « Who? » by Elizabeth Kent
- Chief among these one notices the assertiveness of the dogs.
- Extract from : « Le Petit Nord » by Anne Elizabeth Caldwell (MacClanahan) Grenfell and Katie Spalding
- Even Uncle Peter, whom he had come warmly to admire, jarred upon him with his crudity and his Western assertiveness.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- His assertiveness was compelling, and even the captain displayed symptoms of being impressed.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- Had his assertiveness, like his compliance, been part and parcel of a mind not at peace, not grounded in a definite faith?
- Extract from : « The Precipice » by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
- Charles Lamb, without any difficulty and without the show of assertiveness, would have maintained it better.
- Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
- Nikolievs voice sounded more gentle, and seemed even to have lost some of its assertiveness and force.
- Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin
Synonyms for assertiveness
- aggressiveness
- assertiveness
- conclusiveness
- decidedness
- decisiveness
- determination
- disorderliness
- emphaticalness
- energy
- fierceness
- firmness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- impulsiveness
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intensity
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- might
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- potency
- power
- purpose
- purposefulness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- resoluteness
- resolution
- resolve
- strength
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- vehemence
- vigor
- vim
- vitality
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
- willpower
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