assertion
Firmly stated claim
An assertion is a confident, forceful statement—a claim presented as fact: Her assertion that the project would fail proved correct.
The word implies the speaker expects to be believed, whether or not evidence supports the claim.
In programming, an assertion is a statement that checks whether a condition is true, halting execution if it fails.
To make an assertion is to assert.
Formal public announcement
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
pronouncement · contention · averment · attestation · profession · allegation · proposition · thesis
Foundation for logical argument
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- postulateAssumed starting point
supposition · presumption · foundation · ground · thesis · rationale · underpinning · axiom
Fearless readiness to act
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- self-assurednessBelief in one's competence
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
decisiveness · firmness · insistence · certainty · conviction · emphatic · outspokenness · forthrightness
Pressure, mental or vocal
- accentuationStress placed on syllables
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- insistenceUnyielding demand for something
- underscoringStressing for importance
highlighting · punctuation · intensity · amplification · stressing · forceful · vehemence
Verbal clash over differences
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- counterFlat service surface
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- contestationAct of challenging something
contradiction · refutation · denial · questioning · dissent · opposition · critique · disagreement
declaration
Formal public announcement
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
affirmation · pronouncement · contention · averment · attestation · profession · allegation · proposition · thesis · postulation
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
postulate · supposition · presumption · foundation · ground · thesis · rationale · underpinning · axiom · starting point
boldness
Fearless readiness to act
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- self-assurednessBelief in one's competence
directness · decisiveness · firmness · insistence · certainty · conviction · emphatic · outspokenness · forthrightness · vigor
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- accentuationStress placed on syllables
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- insistenceUnyielding demand for something
underscoring · highlighting · punctuation · intensity · amplification · stressing · forceful · vehemence
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- counterFlat service surface
- objectionExpression of disapproval
contestation · contradiction · refutation · denial · questioning · dissent · opposition · critique · disagreement · pushback
- claimsinsurance claim, legal claim, false claim, counterclaim, disputed claim
- Semantic Webtriple, triples, ontologies, knowledge graph, semantic web
- argumentsargument, arguing, disagreement, bickering, dispute
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- formal statementsdeclaration, statement, affirmation, attestation, avowal
- interaction stylescooperation, collaboration, competition, negotiation, confrontation
assertionquestion
Request for information
inquiry · query · request · hypothesis · speculation
assertiondenial
Refusal to accept reality
negation · retraction · disavowal · rejection · repudiation
assertiondoubt
Lack of firm belief
uncertainty · equivocation · hedging · qualification · tentativeness
- asserting oneselfExpressing one's position confidently
- assertiveness trainingTeaching confident communication
- assertive communicationHonest, respectful self-expression
assertive, unassertive, asserting, assertiveness, assertively, assertions, reassertion, nonassertive