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overassertive

overassertive adjective: too assertive.

Adjective

overassertive (comparative more overassertive, superlative most overassertive)

  1. Too assertive.
    • This problem multiplies even more as Hart and Blackmon report: “Clinical experience shows that underassertive and excessively overassertive ministers are much more likely to suffer from depression, burnout, helplessness and especially problems with anger and resentment."2011, H. B. Jr. London, Neil B. Wiseman, Married to a Pastor, →ISBN

Forms of overassertive

comparativemore overassertive
superlativemost overassertive

Origin of overassertive

From over- + assertive.

Words formed from overassertive

Questions about overassertive

What does overassertive mean?
Overassertive means too assertive.
What part of speech is overassertive?
Overassertive is an adjective.

Words near overassertive in the dictionary

  1. overassert
  2. overasserted
  3. overasserting
  4. overassertion
  5. overassertions
  6. overassertive
  7. overassertively
  8. overassertiveness
  9. overasserts
  10. overassess
  11. overassessed

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