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[ noun ] a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Synonyms Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)If anyone asked us , after we made the remark that the suffering was a bad thing , whether we should think it relevant to what we said to learn that the incident had never occurred and no pain had been suffered at_all , we should say that it made all the difference in_the_world , that what we were asserting to be bad was precisely the suffering we thought had occurred back there , that if this had not occurred , there was nothing left to be bad , and that our assertion was in that case mistaken . Related terms declaration claim claim contention testimony denial avowal accusation ipse_dixit assert |
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[ noun ] the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Synonyms Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Yet even here many_a problem is presented ; as in a recent design competition with a floor_plan and the simple command - `` design a luxury apartment '' ; no description of the client or his cultural level , no assertion of geographical_area or local social necessities - simply `` a luxury apartment '' . |
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