assertion (n)
averment (n)
asseveration (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Outgoing links
Hypernym declaration
Derivationally related form asseveration → asseverate
Derivationally related form averment → aver
Derivationally related form assertion → assert
Hyponym claim; claim; accusation, charge; contention; ipse dixit, ipsedixitism; avowal, avouchment, affirmation; testimony; denial, disaffirmation
Incoming links
Hyponym declaration
Hypernym claim; claim; accusation, charge; contention; ipse dixit, ipsedixitism; avowal, avouchment, affirmation; testimony; denial, disaffirmation
Derivationally related form aver → averment
Derivationally related form asseverate → asseveration
Derivationally related form assert → assertion

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