The word 'assertiveness' is both correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to the quality of being self-assured and confident when expressing your thoughts and opinions. For example: "John's assertiveness in the boardroom was impressive and earned him the respect of his peers."
Muslims today are in general more knowledgeable about their faith, more attuned to its demands, and more assertive about their identity.But which direction does this assertiveness take?
He certainly made it harder for his detractors over the past few games, showing an assertiveness in games that we haven't seen all season.
This new generational assertiveness can also be found in the badges photo, taken by Maureen Green and Adrian Flowers, to illustrate an Observer Magazine issue called "The New Society".
David Cameron's "big society" was always a luxury item for those with money, time and assertiveness to spare.
That will not reassure neighbours who worry about China's growing assertiveness in disputed regional waters, and who turn to America for help.However, Mr Xi is not intending to turn his back on America.
This would entail fundamental change to the "singleness and unity" of the British system, as Walter Bagehot described it, that will not be made for backbench committees.Their cheerleaders also underestimate the extent to which Parliament's assertiveness is tactical.
International pressure was once a "brake mechanism" on Azerbaijan, says Sabine Freizer, at the Atlantic Council, but it may no longer work.Azerbaijan's new assertiveness has come with the weakening of two restraints: its military disadvantage and the prospect of a diplomatic settlement.
The most obvious instance of Chinese assertiveness is around the waters of the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, where China is openly challenging Japanese control.
Earlier this year, after a Vietnamese ship had its surveying cables cut by a Chinese patrol boat, hundreds joined anti-China protests in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.So Vietnam welcomes India's support, just as it was buoyed last year by America's declaration, aimed at China's perceived assertiveness, of a "national interest" in freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
But it has confirmed the islands are covered by its security treaty with Japan.Indeed, it is anxiety over China's new assertiveness as much as economic opportunity that is prompting America's deepening engagement in the region.
Summoning a convincing blast of righteous indignation, he declared the charge "offensive", making Mr Romney look like the opportunist.But Mr Romney responded to Mr Obama's assertiveness in kind, with plenty of interruptions, finger-pointing and denunciations of his own.
