self-assertion

noun

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Recent Examples of self-assertion Jupiter in Cancer amplifies emotional truth, memory, and the need for safety, while Chiron in Aries exposes wounds around identity, courage, and self-assertion. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Dec. 2025 The song’s use of the native language is part of a longer tradition in Taiwan of dissent and self-assertion. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 Saturn has been transiting the first few degrees of Aries since May 24, bringing fresh momentum to themes surrounding our identity, autonomy and self-assertion. — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Then, as Venus moves into Pisces, the focus shifts from self-assertion to a deeper, more transcendent love. — Colin Bedell, Them, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-assertion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-assertion
  1. arrogance
  2. complacency
  3. self-satisfaction
  4. egotism
  5. vainglory
  6. self-conceit
  7. vanity
  8. imperiousness
Noun
  • The combination of arrogance and doctored intelligence that led the United States and its allies into the 2003 Iraq War is almost made for Hollywood.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
  • This psychological phenomenon explains why initial impressions can be so strong, leading managers to react differently to similar employees, seeing confidence in one and arrogance in another.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • These innovators are revitalizing the struggling economy and introducing a new culture of ambition, collaboration, and problem-solving, moving beyond the complacency and entitlement that the city has been stuck in.
    — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But health and national security leaders cannot afford the same complacency.
    — David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026
Definition of complacency
Noun
  • The situation gets even worse once Bonnie’s concerned parents try to connect their daughter with friends by buying her a Lilypad, a child-appropriate smart tablet in frog-like casing, voiced with slappably perky self-satisfaction by Greta Lee.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • After 50 minutes of self-satisfaction, the hero fades serenely into a sunset that Dudamel made miraculously mystical.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of self-satisfaction
Noun
  • Nolan foregrounds the nobility that guides the character (his guilt, his dedication to his men, his yearning for his family) and neglects his wily cunning and egotism.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • But never mind these displays of egotism and tackiness that currently blemish landmarks throughout the nation’s capital, including the National Mall, traditional site of the annual July Fourth fireworks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of egotism
Noun
  • The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.
    — Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Definition of vainglory
Noun
  • The original 1877 building has grown not just to house the museum’s burgeoning collections and encompass its expanding role as an educator, entertainer and research institution, but to project an evolving sense of science’s self-conceit.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
Definition of self-conceit
Noun
  • The single-sink bathroom vanity had just enough room for two, but the massive walk-in shower featured a soaking tub.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The desk-sized vanity mirror features a sturdy silicone base with Mira, Rumi and Zoey’s faces on the bottom, alongside a tray for your hair accessories.
    — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
Definition of vanity
Noun
  • The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of imperiousness

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“Self-assertion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-assertion. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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