The phrase "asserted independence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a declaration or claim of independence, often in political or personal contexts.
Example: "The country declared its asserted independence from colonial rule, seeking to establish its own governance."
Alternatives: "claimed independence" or "declared autonomy".
The relationship between composer and public became a vicious circle; the more the composer asserted independence, the more the public clung to the past.
The breakaway region — which ethnically is primarily Russian — has long asserted independence from Moldova, seceding in September 1990 as the Soviet Union crumbled and Moldovan nationalism rose.
In fact, Kurdish revolutionaries in parts of Syria took up secular socialism as their ideology as they asserted independence from Bashar al-Assad's iron-fisted regime and went to war against ISIS.
Candidates must assert independence and reflect local concerns to build a relationship with voters.
The protégés begin to assert independence, and the mentors begin to consider that they have no additional knowledge to share with the protégés or guidance to provide.
However, a committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston was promptly chosen on June 11 to prepare a statement justifying the decision to assert independence, should it be taken.
He adds: "Whereas the first musical age is about asserting independence, the next appears to be more about gaining acceptance from others".
Traditional theory holds that the self-starvation of anorexia represents an adolescent's desperate attempt to assert independence in the face of overbearing or intrusive parents.
The losses and restrictions that came from the war greatly widened the breach between the colonies and the mother country; moreover, it was necessary to assert independence in order to secure as much French aid as possible.
And a serious problem is emerging: some are rebelling or asserting independence by skipping or stopping medication, which can make H.I.V. spiral out of control and become impervious to previously effective therapies.
Witness how China's heavy-handed threats, aimed at intimidating Taiwan's voters, backfired to the point that the Taiwanese elected the candidate who until recently had talked of asserting independence.
