assertion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Types & categories
- declaration hypernym
- claim hyponym
- claim hyponym
- accusation hyponym
- contention hyponym
- ipse dixit hyponym
- affirmation hyponym
- testimony hyponym
- disaffirmation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
- say-so hyponym
Related & opposite
- insist derivation
- put forward derivation
- state derivation
- swan derivation
- affirm derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swan |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assert |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | declaration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | claim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | claim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accusation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ipse dixit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affirmation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | testimony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disaffirmation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | put forward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | state |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swan |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirm |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | say-so |