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Synonyms for assert

assert yourself

Synonyms

  • be forceful
  • put your foot down
  • put yourself forward
  • make your presence felt
  • exert your influence
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Synonyms for assert

to put into words positively and with conviction

to defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example)

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Synonyms for assert

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

assert to be true

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The four-page legal complaint asserted that the creation of faith-based offices violated the First Amendment and that these offices spawned further violations by holding a series of events aimed at helping religious groups win tax support.
The Bush administration, however, has asserted that the president has the right to sign a bill into law and then use a "signing statement," a declaration by the president permitting him to interpret the bill as he sees fit--even if in so doing he blatantly violates the explicit letter of the law.
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The collaboration, although intended to bring harmony to a discordant orchestra of voices and opinions, is "unprecedented in its scale and bureaucratic complexity," the Christian Science Monitor asserted in its 22 December 2004 edition.
She asserts that such ideas only emerged in Brazil at the end of the nineteenth century after the fall of the Empire and the establishment of a republic.
Paul strongly asserts his independence from Jerusalem and the apostles.
Bishops Ingham and Brown assert a newly minted interpretation of the Gospel virtues under the ancient mantle of their office.
Part Two, "White Abolitionists and Violent Means," asserts by its title that some whites that abhorred slavery considered violence.
"There's no question in my mind that where we played for the love of the game and in many ways felt very privileged and lucky to do it, the guys today play for the money," asserts the former defensive end who led his teams to five NFL titles in the 1960s.
Oguibe and Enwezor claim African art is in a "golden age." Its new visibility, they assert, challenges centuries of comfortable notions about the West's cultural authority and authenticity.
But this rhetorical association would hardly have caused all wonders whatever, for the rest of the Middle Ages, to be tinged with the fear of eternal damnation, as she asserts (39-48).
As a metanarrative, Keller asserts, apocalypse has taken hold of us whether or not we locate ourselves in communities with biblical traditions.
"Were doing product now that we didn't even dream about in the '60s, that didn't even exist--for computers, for microprocessors, for the medical and electronics industries," asserts John Riley, an American businessman who operates four maquiladora plants and heads a regional maquiladora trade association.
"When a tenant asserts a partial or total constructive eviction as a defense to the non-payment or rent, the tenant's refusal to pay rent constitutes an election of remedies, and the tenant has no claim for damages.