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assertion
assertion Assertion is the ability to state one’s needs, preferences, and opinions in social situations while staying engaged with other people.
Assertion is the ability to state one’s needs, preferences, and opinions in social situations while staying engaged with other people. It is a socially grounded way of expressing oneself that differs from aggression, which puts the self above others, and from passivity, which hides or suppresses one’s own needs.