Synonyms for assertion
əˈsɜr ʃənas·ser·tion

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1. assertion

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, confidence, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assertion, averment, asseverationnoun

   a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

   Synonyms:
   averment, affirmation, statement, asseveration

2. affirmation, assertion, statementnoun

   the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

   Synonyms:
   argument, statement, command, averment, program line, avowal, asseveration, financial statement, avouchment, instruction, affirmation

Matched Categories

1. • Declaration
   • Speech Act

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assertionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affirmation, declaration, asseveration, protestation, position, statement, word, averment, predication, remark

2. assertionnoun

   Synonyms:
   vindication, defence, maintenance, support

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1. assertionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affirmation, statement, declaration, averment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "assertion":

   affirmation, contention, claim, statement, allegation, proposition, reaffirmation, argument

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1. Bennie Thompson:

   He walked out on a deposition, that kind of puts you in a weak position to make any type of assertion.

2. Hunter Biden:

   There iszero, zero, zero, zeroevidence of any assertion being made, nobody has ever asserted that I did anything wrong except he [ President Trump ] and whats that fellows name -- Rudy Hootie.

3. Joe Biden:

   Look at Donald Trump and look at me and answer the question, it's self-evident, you know it's a ridiculous assertion on Donald Trump part.

4. Michael Bennet:

   Joe, you know that your assertion that I've only passed one bill in the time I've been in the Senate — you've said it over and over again, it's been fact-checked as false over and over again, you're running a TV ad saying it over and over again.

5. Scott Smith:

   My wife and I were shocked, but not surprised by the assertion that we somehow collaborated with Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj in her decision to delay the trial of the predator who attacked our daughter, nothing could be further from the truth.We had neither any input nor collaboration in that decision-making process.Rather, those decisions were made exclusively by her, without our input.