mindmap root((进取)) aggressive implies a disposition to dominate often in disregard of others' rights or in determined and energetic pursuit of one's ends: ~ and successful in the business world. militant suggests not self-seeking but devotion to a cause, movement, or principle: ~ environmentalists staged a protest. assertive suggests bold self-confidence in expression of one's opinion: ~ speakers dominated the open forum. self-assertive connotes forwardness or brash self-confidence: a ~ young executive climbing the corporate ladder. pushing, pushy may apply to ambition or enterprise or to snobbish and crude intrusiveness or officiousness: ~ salespeople using ~ tactics; ~ people break into the line for tickets.