"assertiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: assertivenesses [plural]
Etymology: From assertive + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|assertive|ness}} assertive + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} assertiveness (usually uncountable, plural assertivenesses)
  1. The quality of being assertive. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: self-assertiveness Translations (the quality of being assertive): assertivitat [feminine] (Catalan), asertivita [feminine] (Czech), selvhævdelse (Danish), itsevarmuus (Finnish), jämäkkyys (Finnish), assertivité (French), Anmaßung [feminine] (German), Bestimmtheit [feminine] (German), Durchsetzungsfähigkeit [feminine] (German), Durchsetzungsvermögen [masculine] (German), Rechthaberei [feminine] (German), Selbstbehauptung [feminine] (German), Selbstsicherheit [feminine] (German), Selbstbewusstsein [neuter] (German), asertyvumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), asertywność [feminine] (Polish), уверенность в себе (uverennostʹ v sebe) [feminine] (Russian), asertividad [feminine] (Spanish), การกล้าแสดงออก (Thai), girişkenlik (Turkish), iddiacılık (Turkish), kararlılık (Turkish), kesinlik (Turkish), olumluluk (Turkish), kendine güvenme (Turkish), асертивність (asertyvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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