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Adjective: self-assertive  ,self-u'sur-tiv
  1. Confident and self-assured in putting forward one's opinions and wishes
    "an energetic self-assertive boy who was always ready to argue";
    - assertive, self-asserting
     
  2. Offensively self-assertive
    "The self-assertive manners of a countryman could not be avoided";
    - bumptious

See also: aggressive, cocky, emphatic, forceful, forward, imperative

Antonym: unassertive

Encyclopedia: Self-assertive

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