self-assertion

[ self-uh-sur-shuhn, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf əˈsɜr ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.

Origin of self-assertion

First recorded in 1795–1805

self-as·sert·ing, adjective self-as·sert·ing·ly, adverb self-as·ser·tive, adjective self-as·ser·tive·ly, adverb

self-as·ser·tive·ness, noun

Self-assertion necessitates a steady poise in the mingling of knowledge and intellect.

Adam Kirsch's Why Trilling Matters Reminds Us of Power of Reading |William Giraldi |December 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
But this quality had nothing in common with self-assertion or love of display.

Life and Letters of Robert Browning |Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Certainly there is a kind of self-assertion in the ministry which they condemn.

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus |G. A. Chadwick
Self-assertion and dictation bring their own penalty with them.

The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists |George Bryce

Christopher has grown from the self-assertion of boyhood into the strength and protecting kindness of manhood.

Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family |Elizabeth Rundle Charles
The element of self-assertion in our loves must be brought into correlation with the universal and immortal development of life.

The Truth About Woman |C. Gasquoine Hartley

self-assertion

the act or an instance of putting forward one's own opinions, etc, esp in an aggressive or conceited manner

self-asserting, adjective self-assertingly, adverb self-assertive, adjective self-assertively, adverb

self-assertiveness, noun