Nonviolent vs Assertive - What's the difference?
nonviolent | assertive |
Not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent.
* {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015
, passage=When Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 – 50 years ago on Saturday – I was an activist in the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King, a man of peace who led the nonviolent protests that brought down segregation in America, and ushered in the civil rights and voting rights acts.}}
As adjectives the difference between nonviolent and assertive
is that nonviolent is not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent while assertive is boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.nonviolent
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