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单词 self-assertion
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Definition of self-assertion in English:

self-assertion

noun
mass noun
  • The confident and forceful expression or promotion of oneself, one's views, or one's desires.

    her self-assertion was born from a confident determination to succeed
    the occasion became one of national self-assertion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The difference between the two first sentences is the difference between a high-spirited epic of self-assertion and a slender account of the threadbare ego.
    • Who hasn't taken solace in some form of greediness, self-assertion, or just plain carelessness?
    • Unfortunately, the successful self-assertion of women in such a kinship system is at the expense of younger women, which helps perpetuate the cycle of female subordination.
    • It has resulted, in my view, from China's self-assertion.
    • The balancing act between self-loathing and self-assertion got her through the wild days and has landed her on her present plane of serene renunciation.
    • To do this, she may need to be trained in self-assertion and confidence.
    • There are obviously many degrees of cultural self-assertion, cultural defensiveness, cultural porousness and cultural boundaries.
    • Liberalism appears blind to its own forms of self-assertion and aggression (economic, military or cultural), and hence to its own part in the generation of this ghastly phenomenon.
    • Is it an instrument of social oppression or of national self-assertion?
    • For Jack, speech is self-assertion, territorial claim, a proof of confidence.
    • National culture became a celebration of aggressive self-assertion.
    • We see, here, a politics of masculinity, its currency that of resentment transmuted into exaggerated self-assertion.
    • No opportunity for self-assertion is passed up.
    • There is no room in the end time for individual distinction and self-assertion, but merely for adoration of someone far beyond the self.
    • In the ultimate paradox, submission was to be the only meaningful route left to national self-assertion.
    • Two nations, born out of violence, continued through the first two decades after Partition to draw a line in the sand for their mutual self-assertion.
    • Their determination to scorn the dictates of the IMF and the World Bank and pursue their own strategies for economic and human development is a manifestation of a powerful wave of national self-assertion.
    • It advocates walking the extra mile, which, far from being capitulation or forfeiture of rights, is unflinching self-assertion and composure amidst adversity or extortion.
    • The two figures, one highly individualised, dedicated to self-assertion and pleasure-seeking, the other ascetic and self-denying, are sharply contrasted.
    • So much change must have come with the new-found self-assertion.

Derivatives

  • self-asserting

  • adjective ˌsɛlfəˈsəːtɪŋˌsɛlfəˈsərdɪŋ
    • Expressing or promoting oneself confidently and forcefully.

      self-asserting politicians
      Example sentencesExamples
      • signs of an eager, self-asserting disposition
      • It is becoming economically, militarily and politically self-asserting.
      • I am told that while I was still in long dresses I showed many signs of an eager, self-asserting disposition.
  • self-assertive

  • adjective ˌsɛlfəˈsəːtɪvˌsɛlfəˈsərdɪv
    • Having or characterized by self-assertion; expressing oneself confidently and forcefully.

      I've always encouraged students to be self-assertive
      Example sentencesExamples
      • his theatrical background may have contributed to his self-assertive quality as a broadcaster
      • Skilled noncompliance represents adaptive autonomy, and has been defined as being self-assertive in a verbally competent, nonaversive manner.
      • When Mercury moves into Leo, you will feel more reckless and self-assertive.
      • Being unevolved, they are of the lower nature, instinctive, self-assertive, confused, possessive and protective of their immediate environment.
  • self-assertiveness

  • noun
    • This book shows us art that asserts the authority, autonomy, self-assertiveness and sheer breathtaking scope of African creativity today.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All this points to the increasing self-assertiveness of Japan 60 years after it was defeated in World War II.
      • In this case elections are used as an instrument of self-assertiveness.
 
 

Definition of self-assertion in US English:

self-assertion

nounˈˌself əˈsərSHənˈˌsɛlf əˈsərʃən
  • The confident and forceful expression or promotion of oneself, one's views, or one's desires.

    her self-assertion was born from a confident determination to succeed
    the occasion became one of national self-assertion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • No opportunity for self-assertion is passed up.
    • Two nations, born out of violence, continued through the first two decades after Partition to draw a line in the sand for their mutual self-assertion.
    • Who hasn't taken solace in some form of greediness, self-assertion, or just plain carelessness?
    • Liberalism appears blind to its own forms of self-assertion and aggression (economic, military or cultural), and hence to its own part in the generation of this ghastly phenomenon.
    • There is no room in the end time for individual distinction and self-assertion, but merely for adoration of someone far beyond the self.
    • So much change must have come with the new-found self-assertion.
    • For Jack, speech is self-assertion, territorial claim, a proof of confidence.
    • Unfortunately, the successful self-assertion of women in such a kinship system is at the expense of younger women, which helps perpetuate the cycle of female subordination.
    • The balancing act between self-loathing and self-assertion got her through the wild days and has landed her on her present plane of serene renunciation.
    • Their determination to scorn the dictates of the IMF and the World Bank and pursue their own strategies for economic and human development is a manifestation of a powerful wave of national self-assertion.
    • It advocates walking the extra mile, which, far from being capitulation or forfeiture of rights, is unflinching self-assertion and composure amidst adversity or extortion.
    • The difference between the two first sentences is the difference between a high-spirited epic of self-assertion and a slender account of the threadbare ego.
    • It has resulted, in my view, from China's self-assertion.
    • National culture became a celebration of aggressive self-assertion.
    • We see, here, a politics of masculinity, its currency that of resentment transmuted into exaggerated self-assertion.
    • There are obviously many degrees of cultural self-assertion, cultural defensiveness, cultural porousness and cultural boundaries.
    • In the ultimate paradox, submission was to be the only meaningful route left to national self-assertion.
    • To do this, she may need to be trained in self-assertion and confidence.
    • The two figures, one highly individualised, dedicated to self-assertion and pleasure-seeking, the other ascetic and self-denying, are sharply contrasted.
    • Is it an instrument of social oppression or of national self-assertion?
 
 
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