Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assertion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assertion \As*ser"tion\, n. [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assertion
n 1: a declaration that is made as if no supporting evidence were
necessary [syn: {averment}, {asseveration}]
2: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn:
{affirmation}, {statement}]
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