- assertiveness
- as·ser·tive·ness
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Assertiveness — is a trait taught by many personal development experts and psychotherapists and the subject of many popular self help books. It is linked to self esteem and considered an important communication skill.As a communication style and strategy,… … Wikipedia
assertiveness — tendency toward self assertion, 1881, from ASSERTIVE (Cf. assertive) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
assertiveness — assertive as‧ser‧tive [əˈsɜːtɪv ǁ ɜːr ] adjective behaving in a confident way so that people listen to your opinions and ideas assertiveness noun [uncountable] : • assertiveness training classes for female employees * * * assertive UK US… … Financial and business terms
assertiveness — noun Assertiveness is used before these nouns: ↑training … Collocations dictionary
assertiveness — assertive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ confident and forceful. DERIVATIVES assertively adverb assertiveness noun … English terms dictionary
assertiveness — noun aggressive self assurance; given to making bold assertions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑self assertiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑assertive • Hypernyms: ↑positivity, ↑positiveness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
assertiveness training — ➔ training * * * assertiveness training UK US noun [U] ► HR, MANAGEMENT courses or other forms of training that teach people to behave confidently and to say what they want or believe, and to do this without annoying other people: »Assertiveness… … Financial and business terms
assertiveness training — Training courses designed to help employees to develop their abilities, exercise initiative, present themselves convincingly, translate ideas into action, and generally maximize their potential. Assertiveness training aims to raise trainees self… … Big dictionary of business and management
assertiveness training — noun a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly • Hypernyms: ↑behavior therapy, ↑behavior modification * * * noun : a method of training individuals to act in a bold self confident manner * * … Useful english dictionary
Assertiveness — Assertive As*sert ive, a. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. [1913 Webster] In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] {As*sert ive*ly}, adv. {As*sert ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assertiveness — noun see assertive … New Collegiate Dictionary
