In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ASSERTION
assertion, averment, asseveration
(noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
affirmation, assertion, statement
(noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
assertion (countable and uncountable, plural assertions)
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
Maintenance; vindication
(computer programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
Synonyms
• accusation
• allegation
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment
Anagrams
• Restainos, airstones, arsonites, asterions, notarises, rai stones, reasonist, senoritas, señoritas
Source: Wiktionary
As*ser"tion, n. Etym: [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]
1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.
2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 November 2024
NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
Coffee Trivia
