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[ self-uh-sur-shuhn, self- ] / ˈsɛlf əˈsɜr ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /
nouninsistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like. Origin of self-assertionFirst recorded in 1795–1805 SYNONYMS FOR self-assertionassertiveness, aggressiveness, belligerence. OTHER WORDS FROM self-assertionself-as·sert·ing, adjectiveself-as·sert·ing·ly, adverbself-as·ser·tive, adjectiveself-as·ser·tive·ly, adverb self-as·ser·tive·ness, noun Words nearby self-assertionself-analyzed, self-annealing, self-annihilation, self-antigen, self-appointed, self-assertion, self-assessment, self-assurance, self-assured, self-aware, self-awareness Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-assertionSelf-assertion necessitates a steady poise in the mingling of knowledge and intellect. Adam Kirsch's Why Trilling Matters Reminds Us of Power of Reading|William Giraldi|December 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST But this quality had nothing in common with self-assertion or love of display. Life and Letters of Robert Browning|Mrs. Sutherland Orr Certainly there is a kind of self-assertion in the ministry which they condemn. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus|G. A. Chadwick Self-assertion and dictation bring their own penalty with them. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce
Christopher has grown from the self-assertion of boyhood into the strength and protecting kindness of manhood. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family|Elizabeth Rundle Charles The element of self-assertion in our loves must be brought into correlation with the universal and immortal development of life. The Truth About Woman|C. Gasquoine Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for self-assertion
nounthe act or an instance of putting forward one's own opinions, etc, esp in an aggressive or conceited manner Derived forms of self-assertionself-asserting, adjectiveself-assertingly, adverbself-assertive, adjectiveself-assertively, adverb self-assertiveness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |