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Definition of Self-assertiveness
1. Noun. Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions.
Generic synonyms: Positiveness, Positivism, Positivity
Specialized synonyms: Bumptiousness, Cockiness, Forwardness, Pushiness
Derivative terms: Assertive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-assertiveness
Literary usage of Self-assertiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Faults of Childhood and Youth by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1920)
"CHAPTER IV self-assertiveness The instinct of self-assertiveness is manifested
in all young children under ordinary conditions, even in the face of power ..."
2. Principles of the New Economics by Lionel Danforth Edie (1922)
"Publicity gives the finshing touches to self-assertiveness. ... The walking
delegate is in disrepute because of his extreme self-assertiveness. ..."
3. Principles of the New Economics by Lionel Danforth Edie (1922)
"Publicity gives the flushing touches to self-assertiveness. ... The walking
delegate is in disrepute because of his extreme self-assertiveness ..."
4. The Mind of a Child by Ennis Richmond (1901)
"I want, by self-assertiveness, to express the assertion of self; it need be
neither synonymous with conceit or selfishness, as we usually think of these ..."
5. The Mind of a Child by Ennis Richmond (1901)
"I want, by self-assertiveness, to express the assertion of self; it need be
neither synonymous with conceit or selfishness, as we usually think of these ..."
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