Self-assertion
Pronunciation : Self`-as*ser"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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