self-assertion
noun
insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
self-assertiveness
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a word derived from
self-assertion.
Example Sentences
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His principles for leading a purposeful life included self-assertiveness, self-acceptance, self-responsibility and personal integrity — ideals that came directly from Rand.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2014
Q. This new self-assertiveness on the part of Japan is often regarded in the same light as ultranationalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
His rightful masculine virility sought expression in idealism rather than the self-assertiveness which would have kept him from repeated failure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, there is a trend toward consolidation of the central authority, but it is being offset by the growing self-assertiveness of the republics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the later fourteenth and earlier fifteenth centuries the growth of Parliament in self-assertiveness was remarkable.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
