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assertion
English
Etymology
Middle French assertion, from Latin assertio
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??s????n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??s????n/, [??s??n?]
- Rhymes: -??(?)??n
Noun
assertion (countable and uncountable, plural assertions)
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- You're a man of strong assertions!
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- That's just a bare assertion.
- Maintenance; vindication
- the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- 2006, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan, Meyyappan Ramanathan, A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions (page 284)
- The user should be absolutely confident that the error issued is a real design error. In other words, a user should be confident that his assertion code is correct and that the assertion failure is not a false condition.
- 2006, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan, Meyyappan Ramanathan, A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions (page 284)
Synonyms
- accusation
- allegation
- censure
- charge
- crimination
- impeachment
Related terms
- assertoric
Translations
References
- “assertion” in the Collins English Dictionary
- assertion at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Restainos, airstones, arsonites, asterions, notarises, rai stones, reasonist, senoritas, señoritas
French
Etymology
From Latin asserti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.s??.sj??/
Noun
assertion f (plural assertions)
- assertion
Related terms
- asserter
- assertif
- assertivement
- assertoire
Further reading
- “assertion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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affirmation
English
Etymology
From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æf??me??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)
- That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
- (law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
- A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
Synonyms
- assertion
Derived terms
- self-affirmation
Translations
See also
- affirmation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Noun
affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)
- affirmation
Declension
Further reading
- “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fi?.ma.sj??/
Noun
affirmation f (plural affirmations)
- affirmation
Further reading
- “affirmation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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