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Synonyms & Antonyms of self-assertion
as in egotism, pride
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for self-assertion
- arrogance,
- bumptiousness,
- complacency,
- conceit,
- egotism,
- hauteur,
- imperiousness,
- pompousness,
- presumptuousness,
- pride,
- self-aggrandizement,
- self-assumption,
- self-conceit,
- self-consequence,
- self-glorification,
- self-importance,
- self-satisfaction,
- smugness,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vanity
- affectation,
- affectedness,
- grandiosity,
- inflation,
- pretense
- (or pretence),
- pretension,
- pretentiousness
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“Self-assertion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-assertion. Accessed 17 May. 2021.
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The first known use of self-assertion was in 1805
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