asseveration

[ uh-sev-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of asseverating.
2. an emphatic assertion.

Other Words From

• as·sev·er·a·tive [uh, -, sev, -, uh, -rey-tiv, -er-, uh, -tiv], as·sev·er·a·to·ry [uh, -, sev, -er-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
• as·sever·ative·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of asseveration¹

First recorded in 1550–60, asseveration is from the Latin word assevērātiōn- (stem of assevērātiō ). See asseverate, -ion

Example Sentences

And if people cheer Trump’s every paranoid asseveration of prejudice and paranoia because they recognise the paranoid prejudices with which they keep company day and night, then we are in a sorry state.

From The Guardian

An instantiation, perhaps, of the last asseveration can be descried herein.

From New York Times

As Gabriel Roth writes at Slate, you do not have to be Hemingway to want to eschew attenuated asseverations.

From Washington Post

I venture to add, with all possible energy of asseveration, that I did that thing, Nim.

From Project Gutenberg

I jumped up again fast enough, not feeling very comfortable myself, and lay by her side for the remainder of the night, listening to her asseverations that Major Cooper was either dying or dead.

From Project Gutenberg