Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
self-assertive
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A contributory factor, perhaps, was his concealment of a warm and generous nature behind a self-assertive manner.
▪ Wounded loyalty and dignified pathos were her line on stage, although off-stage she grew increasingly self-assertive.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-assertive
Self-assertive \Self`-as*sert"ive\, a. Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
self-assertive
a. determined to advance one's own personality or views
WordNet
self-assertive
adj. confidently aggressive; "too assertive as a salesman"; "his self-assertive and unflagging energy" [syn: assertive, self-asserting]
offensively self-assertive [syn: bumptious]
Usage examples of "self-assertive".
You believe that every single move you make causes the world mortal offense, and therefore you either shy away from doing anything even remotely self-assertive, or fall all over yourself making excessive amends for words and deeds that never really required amends in the first place.
They had their own history of violence, their own terrorisms, their own self-assertive wars for supremacy over their Hindu fellows.