'assertion' definitions:
Definition of 'assertion'
(from WordNet)
noun
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) [syn: assertion, averment, asseveration]
noun
The act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn: affirmation, assertion, statement]
Synonyms of 'assertion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori principle,
- address,
- admission,
- affidavit,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- apriorism,
- asseveration,
- assumed position,
- assumption,
- attest,
- attestation,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- axiom,
- basis,
- categorical proposition,
- comment,
- compurgation,
- conclusion,
- confirmation,
- contention,
- crack,
- creed,
- data,
- declaration,
- deposition,
- dictum,
- disclosure,
- enunciation,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- first principles,
- foundation,
- greeting,
- ground,
- hypothesis,
- hypothesis ad hoc,
- insistence,
- instrument in proof,
- interjection,
- ipse dixit,
- legal evidence,
- lemma,
- major premise,
- manifesto,
- mention,
- minor premise,
- note,
- observation,
- Parthian shot,
- philosopheme,
- philosophical proposition,
- phrase,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- predicate,
- predication,
- premise,
- presupposition,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- propositional function,
- protest,
- protestation,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- representation,
- say,
- say-so,
- saying,
- sentence,
- stance,
- stand,
- statement,
- subjoinder,
- sumption,
- supposal,
- sworn evidence,
- sworn statement,
- sworn testimony,
- testimonial,
- testimonium,
- testimony,
- theorem,
- thesis,
- thought,
- truth table,
- truth-function,
- truth-value,
- utterance,
- vouch,
- witness,
- word