assertion

Noun

Meaning

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

affirmation allegation statement position claim argument opinion assumption declaration proposition contention premise proclamation insistence accusation
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Antonyms

fact attack opposition proof challenge dispute
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Hypernyms

declaration speech act

Hyponyms

charge claim contention denial accusation affirmation

Related terms

assertoric

Phrases with the word

contrary assertion assertion of its own right based on one's own assertion mere assertion figurative assertion

Anagrams

reasonist

Examples

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate. John Ralston Saul

We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE. Max Heindel

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false is guilty of falsehood, and the accidental truth of the assertion does not justify or excuse him. Abraham Lincoln

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Assertion is no proof. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

assertibility assertible asserting assertion of its own right assertional assertionally