Assertion
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.
an act of .
Contemporary Examples
How does the assertion that the monarch rules “by the grace of Almighty God” square with the Trades Descriptions Act?
Feminism Doesn’t Fit the Monarchy Andrew Roberts October 28, 2011
The assertion by Obama does follow a long-standing tradition for Democratic and Republican presidents.
Obama Embraces Signing Statements After Knocking Bush for Using Them Eli Lake January 3, 2012
Will this assertion in a simple holiday greeting reassure Jewish voters as they enter the season of reassessment?
Obama’s Rosh Hashanah Gaffes Michael Medved September 28, 2011
The wealthiest Republican Party boosters will resent the assertion that peer pressure and ego motivate their giving.
The RNC’s Self-Inflicted Wound Conor Friedersdorf March 3, 2010
Neither offers any historical documentation for this assertion.
Pol Pot and Me (and Guns) Michael Tomasky May 7, 2013
Historical Examples
His hollow voice and laboured breath gave the lie to his assertion.
Afterwards Kathlyn Rhodes
Her assertion was disregarded as to the inability to change.
Within the Law Marvin Dana
Giles had refused to believe his assertion of innocence, and he had no proof.
Uncle Max Rosa Nouchette Carey
I’m inclined to question, furthermore, the assertion that these jewels were your mother’s.
The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance
Again and again the narrative was repeated, till conjecture once more began to take the place of assertion.
The Mark Of Cain Andrew Lang
noun
a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
the act of asserting
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.
programming
1. An expression which, if false, indicates an error. Assertions are used for debugging by catching can’t happen errors.
2. In logic programming, a new fact or rule added to the database by the program at run time. This is an extralogical or impure feature of logic programming languages.
(1997-06-30)
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