Definition of "assertiveness" []

• The quality of being self-assured and assertive. (noun)

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• "China's new assertiveness is more than a matter of provocation and petulance."
• "Her assertiveness is based on her enormous resources of oil and gas, something that has given Russia an economic renaissance and put her among other global powers as an equal."
• "A belated sorry to those I owe, and I'm working on the 'assertiveness' - not the rudeness."