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assertion
Overview of noun assertion
The noun assertion has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) assertion, averment, asseveration -- (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))
2. (1) affirmation, assertion, statement -- (the act of affirming or asserting or stating something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assertion
2 senses of assertion
Sense 1
assertion, averment, asseveration
=> declaration
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
affirmation, assertion, statement
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun assertion
2 senses of assertion
Sense 1
assertion, averment, asseveration
=> claim
=> claim
=> accusation, charge
=> contention
=> ipse dixit, ipsedixitism
=> avowal, avouchment, affirmation
=> testimony
=> denial, disaffirmation
Sense 2
affirmation, assertion, statement
=> say-so
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assertion
2 senses of assertion
Sense 1
assertion, averment, asseveration
=> declaration
Sense 2
affirmation, assertion, statement
=> speech act
Antonyms of noun assertion
Member Holonyms of noun assertion
Substance Holonyms of noun assertion
Part Holonyms of noun assertion
Member Meronyms of noun assertion
Substance Meronyms of noun assertion
Part Meronyms of noun assertion
Meronyms of noun assertion
Holonyms of noun assertion
Attributes of noun assertion
Derived Forms of noun assertion
2 senses of assertion
Sense 1
assertion, averment, asseveration
RELATED TO>(verb) assert#1
=> assert, asseverate, maintain
Sense 2
affirmation, assertion, statement
RELATED TO>(verb) assert#2
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
RELATED TO>(verb) assert#4
=> insist, assert
Domain of noun assertion
Domain Terms of noun assertion
Familiarity of noun assertion
assertion used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun assertion
2 senses of assertion
Sense 1
assertion, averment, asseveration
> declaration
=> bastardization
=> confession
=> manifesto, pronunciamento
=> pronouncement, dictum, say-so
=> assertion, averment, asseveration
=> protestation
=> postulation, predication
=> threat
Sense 2
affirmation, assertion, statement
> speech act
=> congratulation, felicitation
=> slander
=> proposal, proposition
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> agreement
=> citation
=> disagreement
=> offer, offering
=> request, asking
=> reply, response
=> description
=> affirmation, assertion, statement
=> denial
=> rejection
=> objection
=> informing, making known
=> disclosure, revelation, revealing
=> promise
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> naming
=> challenge
=> explanation
=> denunciation, denouncement
=> address, speech
=> resignation
Meronyms of noun assertion
2 senses of assertion
Holonyms of noun assertion
Grep of noun assertion
assertion
reassertion
self-assertion
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