SELF-ASSERTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-assertion mean? 

• SELF-ASSERTION (noun)
  The noun SELF-ASSERTION has 2 senses:

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

2. the act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner

  Familiarity information: SELF-ASSERTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-ASSERTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("self-assertion" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("self-assertion" is a kind of...):

aggression (deliberately unfriendly behavior)

 Context examples 

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.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)