ASSERTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does assertion mean?
• ASSERTION (noun)
The noun ASSERTION has 2 senses:
1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Familiarity information: ASSERTION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ASSERTION (noun)
Meaning:
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
assertion; asseveration; averment
Hypernyms ("assertion" is a kind of...):
declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assertion"):
claim (an assertion of a right (as to money or property))
claim (an assertion that something is true or factual)
accusation; charge (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence)
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)
denial; disaffirmation (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true)
Meaning:
The act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
affirmation; assertion; statement
Hypernyms ("assertion" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assertion"):
say-so (one chap's arbitrary assertion)
