Assertion
Of declaration. May also be referred to as asseveration and averment.
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
This concept's ID is @1~35853
Contains
- affirmation
A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
- claim
An assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages".
- claim
An assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence...
- charge
An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges...
- contention
A point asserted as part of an argument.
- denial
The act of asserting that something alleged is not true.
- ipse dixit
An unsupported dogmatic assertion.
- testimony
An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony...