self-assertiveness
Voicing your needs
Self-assertiveness is the quality of confidently expressing one's own needs, opinions, or rights.
It suggests someone who speaks up for themselves without being aggressive: Her self-assertiveness in meetings earned her respect.
The term carries positive connotations of healthy confidence rather than pushiness.
One's sense of worth
- self-respectValuing one's own worth
- dignityInnate personal worth
- self-regardOne's opinion of oneself
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
self-acceptance · self-love · self-validation · self-recognition · worth · self-image · self-compassion · identity
Graceful, unshakable calm
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- self-assurednessBelief in one's competence
- composureEmotional self-control
- aplombSelf-assured composure
self-possession · conviction · certainty · decisiveness · unflappability · steadiness · firmness · security
Brazen, reckless daring
- daringAdventurous courage
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- outspokennessBold, direct expression
candor · frankness · bluntness · fearlessness · nerve · chutzpah · pluck · spunk
Freedom from external control
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-directionControlling one's own choices
- agencyPower to act
self-governance · free-will · volition · self-sufficiency · self-regulation · individuality · self-management · choice
Expressing aloud
- declarationFormal public announcement
- articulationClear vocal expression
- statingExpressing in words
- advocatingPublicly supporting a cause
confronting · demanding · insisting · affirming · communicating · expressing · verbalizing · announcing
self-esteem
One's sense of worth
- self-respectValuing one's own worth
- dignityInnate personal worth
- self-regardOne's opinion of oneself
pride · self-acceptance · self-love · self-validation · self-recognition · worth · self-image · self-compassion · identity
poise
Graceful, unshakable calm
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- self-assurednessBelief in one's competence
- composureEmotional self-control
aplomb · self-possession · conviction · certainty · decisiveness · unflappability · steadiness · firmness · security · backbone
audacity
Brazen, reckless daring
- daringAdventurous courage
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
outspokenness · candor · frankness · bluntness · fearlessness · nerve · chutzpah · pluck · spunk · gutsiness
independence
Freedom from external control
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-directionControlling one's own choices
agency · self-governance · free-will · volition · self-sufficiency · self-regulation · individuality · self-management · choice
voicing
Expressing aloud
- declarationFormal public announcement
- articulationClear vocal expression
- statingExpressing in words
advocating · confronting · demanding · insisting · affirming · communicating · expressing · verbalizing · announcing · proclaiming
self-assertivenessmeekness
Gentle, unassertive disposition
timidity · submissiveness · passivity · diffidence · self-effacement
self-assertivenessself-effacement
Downplaying one's importance
shrinking · reclusiveness · invisibility · wallflower · shyness
self-assertivenesstimidity
Fearful lack of courage
meekness · self-doubt · insecurity · inhibition · bashfulness
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