assertion

Other forms of assertion

plural

assertions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about assertion

What does assertion mean?

assertion means "a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in assertion?

assertion has 3 syllables: as-ser-tion. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /əˈsɝʃən/.

What is another word for assertion?

Close synonyms include averment, asseveration, affirmation, statement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assertion a common word?

assertion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with assertion?

2 words rhyme with assertion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.