overassertive

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adjective

Too assertive.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverassertive (comparative more overassertive, superlative most 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
obtrusive

Origin

From over- + assertive.

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Cite this entry
APA

overassertive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overassertive

MLA

“overassertive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overassertive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overassertive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overassertive.

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