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How native speakers pronounce “assertiveness”

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like as people and this includes aggressiveness  of some sort not necessarily violence it could be   called more gently self assertiveness for example  and once we understand that to do something about   it uh the my favorite example which appears  in the book is William James's famous lecture  

Peter Gay: When Attitudes are Cultivated

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like as people and this includes aggressiveness  of some sort not necessarily violence it could be   called more gently self assertiveness for example  and once we understand that to do something about   it uh the my favorite example which appears  in the book is William James's famous lecture  

Peter Gay: When Attitudes are Cultivated

And finally, palms down can be viewed positively, too. It signifies strength, authority and assertiveness. Barack Obama has often used it to calm a crowd right after moments of rousing oration.

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