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Assertion   /əsˈərʃən/   Listen
noun
Assertion  n.  
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."
2.
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Assertion" Quotes from Famous Books



... to receive 500 dollars Mexican coin every month. We presented arms to him, and were forced to treat him with great honors. I can assure the reader that for myself it would have been more pleasant to have gone out to meet him on the battlefield, and when I speak thus I feel safe to make the assertion that many more were of the ...
— A Soldier in the Philippines • Needom N. Freeman
... order such as I have assumed in life; or, if there be, that it is insufficiently known, too intangible and complex, too various in different races and ages, to be made the subject of such an exposition as obtains of natural order? Were this assertion true, yet there would be good reason to retain our illusion; for the mind delights in order, and will invent it. The mind is perplexed and disturbed until it finds this order; and in the progressive integration ...
— Heart of Man • George Edward Woodberry
... reimbursement has not acquitted me, and I could not see an unfortunate man begging me for assistance without remembering what your house once did for me. I do not remember your face, monsieur, but I believe your simple assertion. If you are in holy orders I will recommend you to the Archbishop of Rouen, who will find you a place suitable for you. ...
— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre
... part of your assertion; but their satisfaction will be nothing to equal mine," he said with cutting irony. "But you'll not 'dump' me ashore anywhere. I am going to land at Ponape, and ...
— Tessa - 1901 • Louis Becke
... the group, and Roderick was left to digest what he had told him. Unfortunately Alfred had a reputation for finding out things and he had no reason to doubt his assertion. He slowly followed Lawyer Ed about. They made their way down the length of the deck, his chief shaking hands with every one, and at last away in the stern under a shady awning he saw her. She was seated with ...
— The End of the Rainbow • Marian Keith


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