Associations to the word «Assertion»
Noun
- Denial
- Affirmation
- Falsehood
- Negation
- Contradiction
- Fallacy
- Proof
- Predicate
- Proposition
- Semantics
- Authentication
- Axiom
- Contrary
- Sovereignty
- Dogma
- Startling
- Exaggeration
- Inference
- Hearer
- Statement
- Absurdity
- Truth
- Verification
- Superiority
- Impossibility
- Supremacy
- Utterance
- Argument
- Pretension
- Credibility
- Skepticism
- Reasoning
- Self
- Semantic
- Testimony
- Conjecture
- Validity
- Justification
- Idealism
- Confirmation
- Ontology
- Evidence
- Claim
- Declaration
- Quotation
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.