self-assertive

adjective

determined to advance one's own personality or views

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assertiveself-assertingcockyemphaticforcefulbumptiousforward
OriginEnglish assertive ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-assertive (comparative more self-assertive, superlative most self-assertive)

comparative more self-assertive · superlative most self-assertive

  1. determined to advance one's own personality or views

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveaggressively self-assured

Similar
assertiveself-assertingcockyemphaticforceful

adjectiveoffensively self-assertive

Similar
bumptiousforward
Also see
assertivebumptiouscockyemphaticforcefulforward

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishassertive
  9. Englishself-assertive

From self- + assertive.

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Translations

German selbstbestimmt, meinungsstark
  • selbstbestimmtdetermined to advance one's own personality or views
  • meinungsstarkdetermined to advance one's own personality or views
Polish apodyktyczny
  • apodyktycznydetermined to advance one's own personality or views
Cite this entry
APA

self-assertive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-assertive

MLA

“self-assertive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-assertive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-assertive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-assertive.

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