assertion

as·ser·tion  (-sûrshn)

n.

1. The act of asserting.

2. Something declared or stated positively, often with no support or attempt at proof.

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as·sertion·al adj.

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assertion [əˈsɜːʃən]

n

1. a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence

2. the act of asserting

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	assertion - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) asseveration, averment declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) claim - an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages" claim - an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims" accusation, charge - an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" contention - a point asserted as part of an argument ipse dixit, ipsedixitism - an unsupported dogmatic assertion affirmation, avouchment, avowal - a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something testimony - an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can't do it" disaffirmation, denial - the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
	2.	assertion - the act of affirming or asserting or stating something affirmation, statement speech act - the use of language to perform some act say-so - one chap's arbitrary assertion

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assertion

noun

1. statement, claim, allegation, profession, declaration, contention, affirmation, pronouncement, avowal, attestation, predication, asseveration assertions that the recession is truly over

2. insistence, defence, stressing, maintenance, vindication They have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.

Translations

assertion [əˈsɜːʃən] N → afirmación f, aseveración f

assertion [əˈsɜː^rʃ^ən] n → assertion f, affirmation f

assertion

n

(= statement) → Behauptung f; (of innocence) → Beteuerung f; to make assertions/an assertion → Behauptungen/eine Behauptung aufstellen

no pl (= insistence) → Behauptung f

assertion [əˈsɜːʃ/ən] n → affermazione f, asserzione f