assertion
pronunciation
How to pronounce assertion in British English:
UK [əˈsɜ:ʃn]
How to pronounce assertion in American English:
US [əˈsɜrʃn]
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- Noun:
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Word Origin
- assertion (n.)
- early 15c., assercioun, from Middle French assertion (14c.) or directly from Late Latin assertionem (nominative assertio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin asserere "claim rights over something, state, maintain, affirm," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + serere "join" (see series). By "joining oneself" to a particular view, one "claimed" or "maintained" it.
Example
- 1. He supports this assertion with meticulous evidence .
- 2. As did his assertion that their white ribbons looked like contraceptives .
- 3. No assertion of the public interest over financial markets .
- 4. A feminist assertion of independence and power ?
- 5. Mr mahbubani offers no evidence for his assertion that the west is unhappy about asian success .