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Definition of Assertion

Assertion The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives. Related Definitions: Act, Advanced, Affirmation, As, Asserted, Asserting, Assertion, Averment, Declaration, Is, Maintenance, Of, One, Or, Position, Positive, Statement, That, The, Vindication, Which

Assertion Quotations Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. Abraham Lincoln Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when it is entered into with mutual affection. Samuel Richardson Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. Nicolaus Copernicus Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion. Maimonides

Assertion Translations assertion in French is affirmation assertion in Italian is affermazione, spiegazione

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