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ASSEVERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Synonyms:
assertion; asseveration; averment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("asseveration" is a kind of...):
declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "asseveration"):
claim (an assertion of a right (as to money or property))
claim (an assertion that something is true or factual)
accusation; charge (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence)
contention (a point asserted as part of an argument)
ipse dixit; ipsedixitism (an unsupported dogmatic assertion)
affirmation; avouchment; avowal (a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something)
testimony (an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact)
denial; disaffirmation (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true)
Derivation:
asseverate (state categorically)
