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Answer for the clue "Characterized by dogmatic assertiveness ", 12 letters:
positiveness

Word definitions for positiveness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. characterized by dogmatic assertiveness [ant: negativeness ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Positiveness \Pos"i*tive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive , a. Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. --Swift. The positiveness of sins of commission ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being positive; positivity. (from 17th c.) 2 (context countable English) The result of being positive

Usage examples of positiveness.

Her words carried with them a certain practical positiveness of meaning, and Theos was somewhat impressed by their seeming truth.

The greater positiveness of General Blair, the keener popular interest in the Southern question and the broader realization of its possible dangers, made the issue on Reconstruction overshadow the other.