Assertion - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈsɜːrʃn|  American pronunciation of the word assertion
Brit.  |əˈsɜːʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word assertion

noun

- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) (syn: asseveration, averment)
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something (syn: affirmation, statement)

Extra examples

...the assertion that all men have certain unalienable rights is set forth in the Declaration of Independence...

...made the unlikely assertion that gravity affects light...

She makes very general assertions about marriage in the poem.

...his cocksure assertion that he could bed any woman of his choice...

...we looked askance at the dealer's assertion that the car had never been in an accident...

...the unanswerable assertion that she didn't know much about art but she knew what she liked...

There isn't a grain of truth in his assertion.

It would be hard to justify this particular assertion by an appeal to facts.

This case undoubtedly sustains his assertion.

It follows that your assertion is false

Word forms

noun
singular: assertion
plural: assertions
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