Associations to the word «Assertion»
Noun
- Fact
- Kant
- Dawkins
- Hypothesis
- Protestantism
- Assent
- Doubt
- Prosecution
- Judgment
- Certainty
- Sincerity
- Ignorant
- Accuracy
- Aristotle
- Privilege
- Inconsistency
- Regard
- Clause
- Interrogation
- Universal
- Proponent
- Presumption
- Documentation
- Principle
- Rousseau
- Conclusion
- Nationalism
- Speculation
- Calculus
- Dignity
- Rhetoric
- Authority
- Galileo
- Misunderstanding
- Plato
- Mankind
- Adherent
- Validation
- Criticism
- Propriety
- Coercion
- Equivalence
- Discourse
- Dominance
- Tendency
- Mastery
- Existence
- Oasis
- Huxley
- Attribute
- Critique
- Luther
- Notion
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
ASSERTION, noun. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
ASSERTION, noun. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
ASSERTION, noun. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
Dictionary definition
ASSERTION, noun. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
ASSERTION, noun. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.