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English
Etymology
From self- + assertion.
Noun
self-assertion (uncountable)
- The aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes.
1869, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield: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.
1893, Thomas Huxley, Evolution and Ethics: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.
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:"Self-assertion is foreign to my nature, but I have to hold my ground against opposition."
Translations
aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes