assertion
/əˈsɝʃən/
a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
assertion in a sentence
“Her assertion required substantial evidence to support it.”
Origin of assertion
Latin assertio affirmation, claim from asserere to claim, maintain from ad- to + serere to join
Related Words
premise
a previous statement from which another is inferred
syllogism
a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two premises
inference
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
deduction
the process of reaching a conclusion by reasoning from general principles
induction
the process of reaching a general conclusion from specific observations
corollary
a proposition that follows from one already proved