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aggressive, can-do     (informal)   confident, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, feisty     (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.)   firm, forceful, forward, insistent, in-your-face     (Brit. slang)   overbearing, positive, pushy     (informal)   self-assured, strong-willed  
  
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   backward, bashful, diffident, hesitant, insecure, meek, modest, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, shrinking, shy, timid, timorous, unassertive, unobtrusive  

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assertive

     
Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.      adj  
  (Antonym: submissive)
  
Women have become more assertive in the past decade.     

  assertively      adv   usu ADV with v  
`You don’t need to do that,’ said Pearl assertively.     

  assertiveness      n-uncount  
…an assertiveness training class.     

self-assertive     
Someone who is self-assertive acts in a confident way, speaking firmly about their opinions and demanding the rights that they believe they should have.      adj  
If you want good relationships, you must have the confidence to be self-assertive when required.     

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A more recent sign of the growing antagonism is the unease that Apple, a relative Switzerland among CTV platforms, could become more assertive in its dealings with media companies distributing apps on Apple TV.

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She was more self-important and self-assertive, and Zizi wondered if she had learned something definite against some suspect.

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This discussion is necessarily didactic and assertive for it is impossible to prove or disprove any of these postulates.

THE INHUMANITY OF SOCIALISMEDWARD F. ADAMS

He was an absolute positivist; his positivism did not make him self-assertive nor peremptory; on the contrary, it oppressed him.

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His taste in literature was uniformly bad, but very definite, and far more assertive than his views on biological questions.

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WORDS RELATED TO ASSERTIVE

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1

as in aggressive

having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal

some reef fish are assertive in defending their territory


2

as in emphatic

marked by or uttered with forcefulness

after months of assertive declarations that he would not run for president, he announced he was running


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How does the adjective assertive contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of assertive are aggressive, militant, and self-assertive. While all these words mean «obtrusively energetic especially in pursuing particular goals,» assertive suggests bold self-confidence in expression of opinion.

the more assertive speakers dominated the forum

When is it sensible to use aggressive instead of assertive?

While the synonyms aggressive and assertive are close in meaning, aggressive implies a disposition to dominate often in disregard of others’ rights or in determined and energetic pursuit of one’s ends.

aggressive in his business dealings

When is militant a more appropriate choice than assertive?

The meanings of militant and assertive largely overlap; however, militant also implies a fighting disposition but suggests not self-seeking but devotion to a cause, movement, or principle.

militant protesters rallied against the new law

In what contexts can self-assertive take the place of assertive?

While in some cases nearly identical to assertive, self-assertive connotes forwardness or brash self-confidence.

a self-assertive young upstart

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  • assertive [əˈsɜːtɪv] прил

    1. напористый, настойчивый

      (energetic, insistent)

    2. агрессивный, активный

      (aggressive, proactive)

    3. самоуверенный

      (confident)

    4. утвердительный, позитивный

      (affirmative, positive)

adjective
напористый assertive, pushy, punchy, pushing, feisty, self-assertive
утвердительный affirmative, assertive
самоуверенный assertive, confident, opinionated, cocky, perky, presumptuous
положительный positive, affirmative, plus, staid, assertive
чрезмерно настойчивый assertive

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If we were more assertive , more open-minded, more generous and instead of falling in love, we stepped into love.

Если бы проявили решительность, открытость и щедрость, и вместо падения в любовь мы бы шагнули к любви.

They become more assertive .

Они становятся более напористыми.

So when we take someone’s perspective, it allows us to be ambitious and assertive , but still be likable.

Такое умение делает нас амбициозными, напористыми и при этом располагающими к себе.

Here’s another way to be assertive but still be likable, and that is to signal flexibility.

Другой способ быть напористым, но приятным, состоит в умении обозначить свою гибкость.

Little blond sources tell me that you don’t mind my assertive flair.

Одна маленькая блондинка сообщила мне что ты не обращаешь внимания на мое превосходное чутье.

I enjoy being socially assertive instead of shy and bashful.

Я просто наслаждаюсь тем, что я теперь напорист, а не робок и застенчив.

Without personal experience of China’s recent traumatic history, the next generation will be more confident and assertive .

Не познав на собственном опыте недавней болезненной истории Китая, следующее поколение будет более уверенным и позитивным.

And likewise, for all that his approach to Ukraine has been assertive to say the least, Putin is hardly itching to throw the Russian military into every situation.

Точно так же, пусть подход Путина к ситуации на Украине можно назвать, самое малое, активным, нельзя утверждать, что ему не терпится вводить российские войска в любой ситуации.

By contrast, an indulgent line towards Russia would reduce the costs to Russia of more assertive behaviour.

И наоборот, политика вседозволенности по отношению к России приведет к усилению негативных последствий от ее агрессивного поведения.

But economic health has not been a prerequisite for Russia to act in ways typically described as assertive or even aggressive.

Однако здоровье экономики отнюдь не является необходимой предпосылкой для того, чтобы Россия могла действовать методами, которые обычно характеризуются как ‘напористые’ и ‘агрессивные’.

If abuses and repression in the provinces continue no matter how attentive the central government, or how assertive the press might have become, what then?

Если злоупотребления и репрессии в регионах продолжаются независимо от внимания центрального правительства и независимо от того, насколько уверенно пишет о них пресса, о чем это говорит?

In the village itself, Zodwa Dlamini, a self-assured and assertive woman, manages the money from Germany.

В самой деревне деньгами из Германии распоряжается Цодва Дламини, сознательная и активная женщина.

Indeed, overconfidence in assessing its power led to more assertive Chinese foreign-policy behavior in the latter part of 2009 and 2010.

В действительности, самоуверенность в оценке своей силы привела к более напористому поведению Китая во внешней политике в конце 2009 и 2010 годах.

In 2010, for example, as China became more assertive in its foreign policy toward its neighbors, its relations with India, Japan, and South Korea suffered.

В 2010 году, например, по мере того как Китай занял более жесткую позицию в своей внешней политике по отношению к соседям, его отношения с Индией, Японией и Южной Кореей ухудшились.

Obama’s foreign and defense policies have been assertive , to say the least, especially in the Middle East and the Pacific.

Внешняя и оборонная политика Обамы была, по меньшей мере, напористой, особенно на Ближнем Востоке и в Тихоокеанском регионе.

2) A more robust NATO posture in Central and Eastern Europe: NATO’s response to Russia’s assertive military actions across Central and Eastern Europe remains underwhelming.

2) Укрепление стратегических позиций НАТО в Центральной и Восточной Европе. Реакция альянса на агрессивные военные действия России в Центральной и Восточной Европе по — прежнему недостаточна.

Some see the Obama administration’s reluctance to be more assertive in Syria as a strategic necessity born out of war weariness and a lack of attractive options.

Кое — кто видит в нежелании администрации Обамы действовать в Сирии более активно и напористо стратегическую необходимость, рожденную усталостью от войны и отсутствием привлекательных вариантов.

Even the traditional passage about NATO as a threat to Russian interest read as if this mild nuisance could be overcome with some assertive diplomacy.

Даже уже ставший традиционным пункт о НАТО, как об угрозе национальным интересам России, создавал впечатление, что этот альянс представляет собой лишь небольшую помеху, которую можно преодолеть при помощи решительных дипломатических шагов.

“There’s an appetite for a more assertive approach,” said one congressional staffer who works on Ukraine and Russia policy.

«Налицо стремление к более напористому подходу», — сказал один работник аппарата Конгресса, занимающийся вопросами Украины и России.

Fears of a more dangerous North Korea and a more assertive People’s Republic of China have recently increased support in Japan for a more robust security stance.

Опасения по поводу все более опасной Северной Кореи и все более напористой и самоуверенной Китайской Народной Республики привели к усилению позиций тех сил в Японии, которые выступают за укрепление системы собственной безопасности.

It’s quieter and far less violent than other assertive moves by the Kremlin, but that doesn’t make it any less important in the 21st century re-enactment of the Great Game.

Она осуществляется не так громко и с меньшим количеством насилия, чем другие напористые шаги Кремля, однако это ни в коей мере не делает ее менее важной в рамках возобновления в 21 веке Большой игры.

It was the bold, clamorous, self-assertive squall of the new human being, who had so incomprehensibly appeared.

Это был смелый, дерзкий, ничего не хотевший соображать крик непонятно откуда явившегося нового человеческого существа.

But Yuri was not assertive and he was a bungler; he might make a fool of himself.

Но Юра — не напористый, растяпа он, как бы не опозорился.

He used to be so self-confident and self-assertive.

Помните, каким он был раньше самоуверенным и бойким?

Thinking goes quietly, tranquilly, flowing on, falling into shapes quiet, not assertive , not reproachful, not particularly regretful.

Мысль катится тихо, спокойно, плавно, выливаясь в спокойные образы, в которых нет ни назойливости, ни укора; нет в них и особого раскаяния.

It’s called, bombing, and it has equally assertive counterparts in rap music and break dancing.

Это называется, бомбинг — часть субкультуры, прочно связанная с рэп музыкой и брейк — дансом.

You have to be assertive , be a man.

Ты должен быть напористым, быть мужчиной.

Okay, ask me for something And be assertive .

Хорошо. Спроси меня что — нибудь и будь напористой.

Cobi, you need to be way more assertive , my man.

Коби, ты должен быть более напористым.

In desperate times fortune must give way to more assertive hands.

В моменты отчаяния удача помогает тем, кто более настойчив.

But I need someone more… I don’t know… assertive .

Но мне нужен более… не знаю… настойчивый.

And instead of letting things take their course, he got assertive .

И вместо того, что позволить всему случаться само собой, он стал чрезвычайно настойчивым.

I’m just hyper-competent, intuitive, assertive .

Я всего лишь очень знающая, интуитивная и настойчивая.

Remember to be strong, yet not assertive .

Помни, будь сильным, но не агрессивным.

In all the ten years during which we have worked together I have never known Mr Prendergast so self-assertive.

Я десять лет работаю с мистером Прендергастом, но таким агрессивным вижу его впервые.

Snopes began to speak in his harsh, assertive voice.

Сноупс заговорил хрипловатым самоуверенным голосом.

I was trying to be, you know, not too assertive in my knowledge.

Я пытался быть, знаете, не слишком самоуверенным в своих знаниях.

I’m trying to be more assertive .

Я просто пытаюсь быть более самоуверенной.

He probably won’t like that overly assertive look.

Ему возможно не понравиться слишком самоуверенный вид.

You pushed me to be more assertive , and go after what I want.

Ты подтолкнула меня быть более утвердительным , и осле этого я хочу.

You’re calm, assertive and in control.

Вы спокойны, уверенны и всё контролируете.

No, no, he’s a power assertive psychopath.

Нет, нет. Он властный, уверенный в себе психопат.

She makes me feel bad about myself and I have been trying to be, like, more assertive .

Она заставляет меня стыдиться, а я пытаюсь быть более, ну, уверенным.

If she were more assertive , we might not even be here.

Если бы она была более уверенной, нас бы тут не было.

They’re launching an investigation, internal affairs, and I have been so assertive you would love it.

Они проводят внутреннее расследование, и я был так уверен в себе, вам бы понравилось.

I’m not assertive like that.

Я не так уверен в себе.

I know, if he was a bit more assertive , he’d go far.

Знаю, если бы он был более вежливым, он бы далеко пошел.

But this was a classic power assertive stalker, and I’d seen enough of these cases to know how they end.

Но это был классический навязчивый преследователь, и я достаточно видел таких случаев, чтобы знать, чем они заканчиваются.

I, uh, don’t wanna be too assertive here but I could use your input on a few things for the business plan.

Не хочу показаться напористым, но ты мне нужен, чтобы обдумать несколько вещей в бизнес — плане.

Revolutionary famous local, brave, strong and assertive .

Известный в округе революционер. Храбрый, сильный, неотступный.

Little blond sources tell me that you don’t mind my assertive flair.

Одна маленькая блондинка сообщила мне что ты не обращаешь внимания на мое превосходное чутье.

You’re being so assertive right now… it’s almost attractive.

Ты сейчас такой решительный… это даже привлекательно.

So I need to be a touch more assertive .

Поэтому я должна быть убедительной.

The one thing that I’d like you to work on… is being more assertive .

Но я хочу, чтобы ты поработала над одной деталью… над своей напористостью.

So you can practice being assertive .

Что бы ты мог потренироваться в напористости.

She’ll see him in a more assertive light now, finally.

Она наконец — то взглянет на его менее пассивную сторону.

How much more bounderish and assertive Clifford looked!

Да в Клиффорде в сто раз больше и самомнения и нахальства!

He was dogmatic with those who did not venture to assert themselves, but with the self-assertive he was very modest.

Он был догматиком с теми, кто не решался настаивать на своем мнении, и мягок как воск — с людьми убежденными.

You should be more assertive .

Ты должна быть более настойчивой.

I should be more assertive .

Я должен быть более настойчивым.

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  1. Mawlavi Abdullah Mohammad:

    We abide by laws and rules. We give advice, but to grab someone’s hand, to beat him up, to send them notice or to send them a warning letter, is against the Emirate’s policy. If anyone has done this, it is a self-assertive act.

  2. Patrick Cronin:

    A Manila-Hanoi axis places a hurdle in China’s ambitions to control most of the South China Sea, this may not lead to immediate changes in the regional balance of power … but it will shine a spotlight on how China’s assertive unilateralism threatens to undermine stability and prosperity.

  3. Devonte Portis:

    Nicki Minaj has always pushed us to further our education and to be assertive and go after what we want, i look forward to continuing my education at Ohio University and will forever be grateful for Nicki Minaj making it possible for me to return to the school I love because without this help I would not have been able to return anytime soon.

  4. Nathan MacKinnon:

    I heard him, too. He was calling for it, first game ever and he screamed at me. Thats great. You want a player to be aggressive, assertive, and I was really impressed by that.

  5. United States:

    I think we should be very concerned and I think we should be concerned about the Chinese law that makes this permissible, i think it should become a major element of State Department policy to try to straighten this out before we proceed and have real problems because Huawei has been very assertive.


Translations for Assertive

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  • جازمArabic
  • напорист, самоуверен, настоятеленBulgarian
  • assertiuCatalan, Valencian
  • asertivní, kategorický, průbojnýCzech
  • durchsetzungsfähigGerman
  • enérgico, firme, categóricoSpanish
  • itsevarmaFinnish
  • assuréFrench
  • dian-bhriathrachScottish Gaelic
  • אסרטיביHebrew
  • tegasIndonesian
  • assertivoItalian
  • fremoverlentNorwegian
  • mondig, assertiefDutch
  • påståeligNorwegian
  • самоуверенный, утвердительный, напористыйRussian
  • iddialıTurkish
  • quả quyếtVietnamese

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