assertion

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
noun the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

From Middle English assercioun, from Latin assertiō. By surface analysis, assert + -ion.

Incontrovertible facts prove this assertion. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Be not startled at the assertion. — History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding
I most emphatically deny the assertion. — Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

averment, asseveration

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