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reassertion

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as⋅ser⋅tion

  [uh-sur-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.
2. an act of asserting.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME assercion < L assertiōn- (s. of assertiō). See assert, -ion

Related forms:
as⋅ser⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. claim, contention, allegation.
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Word Origin & History

assertion 
1424, from O.Fr. assertion (14c.), from L.L. assertionem (nom. assertio), noun of action from L. asserere "claim rights over something, state, maintain, affirm," from ad- "to" + serere "join" (see series). By "joining oneself" to a particular view, one "claimed" or "maintained" it. Assertiveness "tendency toward self-assertion" is from 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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