SELF-ASSERTIVENESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

self-assertiveness

noun

Definition of self-assertiveness

as in self-confidence

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Noun

But taking charge can cause kids to shut down and hurt their self-confidence.

— Juli Fraga, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Her experience at the club is helping boost her self-confidence, Sharaya said.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of self-confidence

Noun

Many prominent women have noted since the announcement how Steinem's boldness — in her writing, advocacy work and even wardrobe — impacted their careers, personal lives and the trajectory of working women across generations.

— Megan Sauer, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
While maintaining the boldness of the original boot shape, the Shark Pinch is nevertheless reinvented.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of boldness

Noun

The 25-year-old from California opened the final with some swagger, popping four aces in the first game, but his self-assurance quickly ebbed.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The most consistent signature across her growing catalogue is her self-assurance as a performer.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of self-assurance

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Beyoncé describes the original project as essentially her first visual album, using short films to explore the full arc of a relationship and themes of confidence, liberation, audacity and compatibility.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2026
Sincerity and audacity are not opposing forces but complementary ones in this space, and for writers, retro programmers, and other film fans who came of age after midnight at the movies, Curry’s impact persists as its own kind of religion.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of audacity

Noun

Jonesboro is 2-0 for the first time since 2019 and should have four quarters of confidence after back-to-back one-score wins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
To reach the quarterfinals in New York, Zheng had to accept her newfound station in tennis — not to abandon her confidence for the sake of humility, but to combine her natural self-belief with acceptance of her reality and a new perspective.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of confidence

Noun

The optimizers have all the money; the empaths only really have one another—and the assurance, however fleeting, that there are more of us than there are of them.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
The Membership programme, launched in 2025, offers multiple tiers designed to support different levels of assurance, insight and control.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of assurance

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