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assertiveness

NOUN
decidedness
Synonyms
WEAK
conclusiveness decisiveness determination emphaticalness firmness purpose purposefulness resoluteness resolution resolve willpower
NOUN
decisiveness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
firmness willpower
STRONG
conclusiveness determination purpose purposefulness resoluteness resolution resolve
WEAK
decidedness emphaticalness
Antonyms
STRONG
indecision question
NOUN
forcefulness
Synonyms
STRONG
aggressiveness energy fierceness intensity might potency power strength vehemence vigor vim vitality
Antonyms
STRONG
apathy enervation idleness inability inactivity laziness lethargy weakness
NOUN
obstinateness
Synonyms
WEAK
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness indocility intemperanc intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness wildness willfulness
NOUN
obstreperousness
Synonyms
STRONG
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness wildness willfulness
WEAK
indocility intemperanc obstinateness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness
NOUN
recalcitrance
Synonyms
STRONG
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness wildness willfulness
WEAK
indocility intemperanc obstinateness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness
NOUN
recalcitrancy
Synonyms
STRONG
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recklessness refractoriness wildness willfulness
WEAK
indocility intemperanc obstinateness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness
NOUN
refractoriness
Synonyms
STRONG
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness wildness willfulness
WEAK
indocility intemperanc obstinateness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness
NOUN
uncontrollability
Synonyms
WEAK
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness indocility intemperanc intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstinateness obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness wildness willfulness
NOUN
uncontrollableness
Synonyms
WEAK
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness indocility intemperanc intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstinateness obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness uncontrollability ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness wildness willfulness
NOUN
ungovernableness
Synonyms
WEAK
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness indocility intemperanc intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstinateness obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness uncontrollability uncontrollableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness wildness willfulness
NOUN
unmanageability
Synonyms
WEAK
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness indocility intemperanc intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstinateness obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness untowardness waywardness wildness willfulness
NOUN
untowardness
Synonyms
WEAK
disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness indocility intemperanc intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstinateness obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability waywardness wildness willfulness

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The Philippines signed a visiting forces agreement with Canada on Sunday, the latest in a series of pacts aimed at countering Beijing's assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

The strategy behind this new assertiveness was born from crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The apprehension he exhibited in his first major league season has been replaced by assertiveness, leading to him terrorizing hitters of whom he used to be overly respectful.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

Freema Agyeman plays the Nurse, the affable go-between who enables the lovers’ forbidden affair, with a fine blend of sassy assertiveness and quasi-maternal tenderness.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

He put indignant conviction into this, pouncing on the first sprig of assertiveness in me.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles