assertion

1. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) (synset 106742248)
   is a type of: declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: asseveration, averment
2. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something (synset 107217786)
   is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
   subtypes: say-so - one chap's arbitrary assertion
   same as: affirmation, statement

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