Words and phrases that have a meaning related to assertion: (161 results)
Often used in the same context:
suggestion, accusation, notion, contentions, allegation, argument, claim, insinuation, supposition, insistence, assumption, belief, theory, characterization, denials, protestations, implication, remark, prediction, inference, postulation, reasoning, hypothesis, pronouncement, criticisms, fact, presupposition, specious argument, retort, presumption, counterargument, ipse dixit, recollection, refutation, rebuttal, averment, revelation, premise, conventional wisdom, avowal, assurances, findings, objection, mischaracterization, myth, conclusion, testimony, rejoinder, imputations, arguement, fallacy, rationale, interpretation, logic, predication, conjecture, admonition, explanation, dictum, opinion, stance, perception, justification, canard, veracity, equivocation, evidence, declaration, analogy, quip, truism, syllogism, entreaty, blamelessness, hunch, doctrine, acknowledgment, suspicions, idea, misquotation, generalization, estimation, factuality, comments, falsehood, monism, confession, surmise, tenet, axiom, demurral, request, statement, factoid, validity, disavowal, thesis, exculpation, scintilla, critique, misperception, counterexample, assertions, affirmation, affirmations, stipulation, proposal, recommendation, ascription, denial, directive, announcement, contention, declarations, analytic, appropriate, assertive, inappropriate, simpler, survival, disclosure, if, instrumental, pretest, programming, quantification, simple, abbreviated, ambiguous, antithetical, approximated, arithmetical, categorical, choice
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., abjuration, accusation, all right, alright, argument, assertive, charge, claim, dogmatic, dogmatical, fact, follow, ipsedixitism, ipse dixit, recantation, retraction, rhetorical, say-so, statement, testimony, weasel word, without doubt
More general:
speech act
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— Adjectives for assertion: such, self, mere, positive, bold, last, simple, general, dogmatic, confident, strong, more...
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