English-Thai Dictionary

assertion

N การ ยืนยัน  affirmation statement kan-yuen-yan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSERTION

n. 1. The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim.
2. Positive declaration or averment; affirmation; position advanced.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSERTION

As *ser "tion, n. Etym: [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]

 

1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.

 

2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assertion

as ser tion |əˈsərSHən əˈsərʃən | ▶noun a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief: [ with clause ] : his assertion that his father had deserted the family. • the action of stating something or exercising authority confidently and forcefully: the assertion of his legal rights.

 

Oxford Dictionary

assertion

as ¦ser |tion |əˈsəːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief: [ with clause ] : his assertion that his father had deserted the family. • [ mass noun ] the action of asserting something: the assertion of his legal rights. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin assertio (n- ), from the verb asserere (see assert ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

assertion

assertion noun 1 I questioned his assertion: declaration, contention, statement, claim, opinion, proclamation, announcement, pronouncement, protestation, avowal; formal averment; rare asseveration. 2 an assertion of the right to march: defense of, upholding of; insistence on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

assertion

assertion noun 1 I questioned his assertion that little risk is involved: declaration, contention, statement, claim, submission, postulation, averment, opinion, proclamation, announcement, pronouncement, assurance, attestation, affirmation, protestation, profession, swearing, insistence, avowal; rare maintenance, asseveration. 2 the demonstration was a principled assertion of the right to march: defence, upholding; insistence on.

 

Duden Dictionary

Assertion

As ser ti on Substantiv, feminin Philosophie , die |Asserti o n |lateinisch assertio bestimmte, feststellende Behauptung, Versicherung

 

French Dictionary

assertion

assertion n. f. nom féminin Affirmation formelle non accompagnée de sa preuve. SYNONYME allégation ; proposition .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

assertion

as ser tion /əsə́ː r ʃ (ə )n /名詞 C U «…という » (しばしば根拠のない )主張, 明言 (claim ) «that 節 » .