Assertive and Mean

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Assertive adjective - Having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal.

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Mean and assertive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Assertive".

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Assertive and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assertive" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Mean Brit: He can be extremely assertive and confrontational at times, even when the host tries to be nice to him.

Source: Music / John Lydon
However, when Iron Will comes to collect his fee, aggressively and even using mild physical violence to get past her friends, he's met with a properly assertive Fluttershy — not being mean, just standing up for herself and not backing down.

Source: Verbal Judo
If someone asks him why they are together, he answers that he owes her, he doesn't really mind her bad moods, she is real nice when she wants (and she doesn't mean most bad things she says), and she actually wants him to be assertive and stand up for himself.

Source: Fanfic / Ghosts Of Evangelion

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