Thesaurus: assertion

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
2. n. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
3. n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
4. n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
5. 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.
6. n:100 n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)