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Assertion

Assertion Meaning & Definition
Assertion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assertion?

[n] a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
[n] the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Assertion: asseveration | averment | statement

Related Terms | Find terms related to Assertion: a priori principle | address | admission | affidavit | affirmance | affirmation | allegation | announcement | annunciation | answer | apostrophe | apriorism | asseveration | assumed position | assumption | attest | attestation | averment | avouchment | avowal | axiom | basis | categorical proposition | comment | compurgation | conclusion | confirmation | contention | crack | creed | data | declaration | deposition | dictum | disclosure | enunciation | exclamation | expression | first principles | foundation | greeting | ground | hypothesis | hypothesis ad hoc | insistence | instrument in proof | interjection | ipse dixit | legal evidence | lemma | major premise | manifesto | mention | minor premise | note | observation | Parthian shot | philosopheme | philosophical proposition | phrase | position | position paper | positive declaration | postulate | postulation | postulatum | predicate | predication | premise | presupposition | proclamation | profession | pronouncement | proposition | propositional function | protest | protestation | question | reflection | remark | representation | say | saying | say-so | sentence | stance | stand | statement | subjoinder | sumption | supposal | sworn evidence | sworn statement | sworn testimony | testimonial | testimonium | testimony | theorem | thesis | thought | truth table | truth-function | truth-value | utterance | vouch | witness | word

See Also | accusation | affirmation | avouchment | avowal | charge | claim | contention | declaration | denial | ipse dixit | ipsedixitism | say-so | speech act | testimony

Assertion In Webster's Dictionary

\As*ser"tion\, n. [L. assertio, fr. asserere.] 1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. --Macaulay. 2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

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