English-Spanish translations for assertion

• afirmación
  Esta afirmación parece inexacta. This assertion seems incorrect.
  Sin embargo esta afirmación y esta acusación no han sido probadas. However, that assertion and allegation have not been proven.
  La Presidencia concuerda con esta afirmación. The Presidency concurs with this assertion.
• aserto
  Rechazamos el aserto que incluye el informe de que la política de medio ambiente europea que teníamos en el pasado era ineficaz. We reject the report's assertion that past European environmental policy was inefficient and ineffective.
  Compartimos con usted, señor Spring, su aserto sobre la necesidad de reclamar y restablecer la primacía de la política, y apoyamos sus esfuerzos en este sentido. We share with you, Mr Spring, your assertion that the primacy of politics must be reclaimed and restored, and support your efforts in this regard.

Definition of assertion

• The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment
• A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence
• Maintenance; vindication
• A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging

Examples

• Youre a man of strong assertions!
• Thats just a bare assertion.
• the assertion of ones rights or prerogatives

Related words

• self-assertive
• assertiveness
• assertive
• self-assertion
• asserting
• assertively
• unassertive
• reassertion