self-assertion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes. uncountable
    — If his sweet-tempered wife could have got up any self-assertion against anyone, I am satisfied it could only have been because she was the Beauty’s sister.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English assertion
English self-assertion
From self- + assertion.
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