Usually means: Expressing oneself confidently and forcefully.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-assertion: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-assertion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-assertion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-assertion, self-assertion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-assertion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-assertion, self-assertion: Wordnik
  7. self-assertion: Wiktionary
  8. self-assertion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. self-assertion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. self-assertion: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. self-assertion: Dictionary.com
  12. Self-assertion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. self-assertion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. self-assertion: Rhymezone
  15. Self-assertion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. self-assertion: FreeDictionary.org
  17. self-assertion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. self-assertion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-assertion: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (self-assertion)

▸ noun:  The aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes.

Similar:
self-interest, individualism, self, self-determination, individualist, self-justification, aggressivism, activism, Actionism, aggressionism, more...

Opposite:
self-denial, submissiveness, meekness, humility

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Similar:
self-interest, individualism, self, self-determination, individualist, self-justification, aggressivism, activism, Actionism, aggressionism, more...

Opposite:
self-denial, submissiveness, meekness, humility



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