self-asserting

1 7.1

Confident and firm when saying what you think or want

adjective
/sɛlf-əˈsɜrtɪŋ/

: autoafirmativo

The self-asserting employee voiced his ideas during the meeting without hesitation.

Examples

This self-asserting narrator wants readers to think of him as both a respectable communicator of truth and a godlike inventor of worlds.

Academic text (1993)
She has a self-asserting personality that makes her stand out in a crowd.
Being self-asserting, he confidently expressed his views on the controversial topic.

Synonyms

vocal

vsself-asserting

81 4.9

Saying opinions clearly and strongly in public

is more aggressive and personally forceful rather than only publicly insistent

outspoken

vsself-asserting

80 4.2

To speak freely and directly about opinions or feelings

is more aggressive and confrontational when making opinions heard

forceful

vsself-asserting

58 4.3

Showing strong power and clear confidence in speech or actions

is more aggressively confident when speaking up than mere strength alone

assertive

vsself-asserting

41 4.2

Showing confidence when saying what you want or think

is more aggressive and pushy when speaking up than that

self-confident

vsself-asserting

13 3.2

Feeling sure about your own abilities and worth

is more about outward aggressive expression rather than calm inner assurance

swaggering

vsself-asserting

4 7.0

To act very confident and proud to get attention

is more focused on aggressive opinion expression rather than showy behavior

self-assertive

vsself-asserting

1 7.0

Being confident and forceful when you speak or act, sometimes sounding rude

is more consistently aggressive when speaking up rather than only occasionally

Antonyms

passive

151 3.9

Not taking action or trying to change what happens

submissive

39 5.1

Willing to obey others and not argue

How Assertive

domineering

13 7.4

forceful

58 4.3

self-asserting

1 7.1

assertive

41 4.2

confident

759 2.5

Surface Forms

self-asserting positive

Morphology

self-asserting = self + assert (transparent) = self + assert + ing

The immediate base is a clear compound of 'self' + 'assert' meaning 'to assert oneself'; adding '-ing' produces the adjective meaning 'asserting oneself'.

Etymology

Self-asserting joins self ('oneself') and assert ('to state strongly or say firmly'). So a self-asserting person stands up for themselves and clearly says what they believe with confidence.