Adjective: self-assertive ,self-u'sur-tiv
- Confident and direct in expressing one's opinions, needs, wishes, or rights, without being aggressive or submissive
"She took was self-assertive in the negotiations";
- assertive, self-asserting
- Offensively self-assertive
"The self-assertive manners of a countryman could not be avoided";
- bumptious
See also: aggressive, cocky, emphatic, emphatical [rare], forceful, forcible, forward, imperative
Encyclopedia: Self-assertive