self-assertion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English assertion English self-assertion From self- + assertion.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes.
If his sweet-tempered wife could have got up any self-assertion against anyone, I am satisfied it could only have been because she was the Beauty’s sister.
1869, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:In place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows; its influence is directed, not so much to the survival of the fittest, as to the fitting of as many as possible to survive.
1893, Thomas Huxley, Evolution and Ethics:"Self-assertion is foreign to my nature, but I have to hold my ground against opposition."
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:
Translations (7)
fi mielipiteensä ajaminen (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes) · ru самоутвержде́ние (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes) · fi asiansa ajaminen (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes) · sv självbekräftelse (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes) · fi itsensä esiintuominen (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes) · el αυτοπροβολή (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes) · sv självhävdelse (aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes)