assertive
adjective
- relating to or characterized by emboldened behavior, such as: speaking or standing up for oneself, standing one's ground
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈsɝtɪv/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.
- Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
“Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.”
- Pungent.
“an assertive taste or odor”