assertiveness
1Assertiveness — 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,… …
2assertiveness — tendency toward self assertion, 1881, from ASSERTIVE (Cf. assertive) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
3assertiveness — 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… …
4assertiveness — noun Assertiveness is used before these nouns: ↑training …
5assertiveness — assertive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ confident and forceful. DERIVATIVES assertively adverb assertiveness noun …
6assertiveness — noun aggressive self assurance; given to making bold assertions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑self assertiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑assertive • Hypernyms: ↑positivity, ↑positiveness, ↑ …
7assertiveness 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… …
8assertiveness 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… …
9assertiveness 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 * * …
10Assertiveness — 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] …