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Self-assertion

noun

The act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others.

The act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner.

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"Self-assertion" Quotes from Famous Books

... Panhandle manifested a growing tendency toward self-assertion. He ran away from home. Owing to his short legs and scant breath he did not get very far down over the slope. His will and intention were tremendous. Did the dim desert call to the child? His parents had often seen him stand gazing into ...

— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey

... more self-assertion in her treatment of the Court Godmother, which was characterised ...

— In Brief Authority • F. Anstey

... and their committal to the Tower a few days later caused nothing less than consternation in England and of furious indignation on the Continent. It was evident that greatness would save no man; the best hope lay in obscurity, and men who had been loud in self-assertion now grew ...

— The King's Achievement • Robert Hugh Benson

... Europe are not of this class, although it includes the majority. There is a comparatively small number who are as much impressed with the perfection of everything American as the most ardent patriotism could desire. These people go to Europe cased in a triple armor of self-assertion, prepared to poohpooh everything and everybody that may come under their notice, and above all to vindicate under all circumstances their independence as free-born American citizens by giving the world around them the benefit ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 • Various

... oratory is rotund, and if it were convincing might be impressive; but it fails to some extent in consequence of a certain smack of self-assertion which is unphilosophical. Suppose, now, that we have this matter out in a calm, dispassionate manner, without 'tooth,' or egotism, or prejudice, which tend so powerfully to mar human disputation ...

— Personal Reminiscences in Book Making - and Some Short Stories • R.M. Ballantyne

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