reassertion









reassertion


noun

  1. a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.
  2. an act of asserting.

noun

  1. a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
  2. the act of asserting
n.

early 15c., assercioun, from Middle French assertion (14c.) or directly from Late Latin assertionem (nominative assertio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin asserere “claim rights over something, state, maintain, affirm,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + serere “join” (see series). By “joining oneself” to a particular view, one “claimed” or “maintained” it.

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