assertion

Middle French assertion[1], from Latin assertio

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈsɜːʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsɜɹʃən/, [əˈsɝʃᵊn]

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  Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən

assertion (countable and uncountable, plural assertions)

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

   You're a man of strong assertions!

2. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.

   That's just a bare assertion.

3. Maintenance; vindication

   the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

4. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

• accusation
• allegation
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment

• assertoric

• “assertion” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

• Restainos, airstones, arsonites, asterions, notarises, rai stones, reasonist, senoritas, señoritas

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

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assertion f (plural assertions)

1. assertion