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Noun: assertion  u'surshun
  1. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
    - averment, asseveration
     
  2. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something
    - affirmation, statement

Derived forms: assertions

See also: assert

Type of: declaration, speech act

Encyclopedia: Assertion

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