🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

断言

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dànyán

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Assertion/əˈsɜːr.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他的断言缺乏足够的证据支持。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

    "His assertion that the company was thriving was met with skepticism."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'asserere' meaning 'to claim' or 'to maintain', formed from 'ad-' (to) and 'serere' (to join). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 16th century, the term originally denoted the act of maintaining or defending a claim, gradually shifting to mean a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

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