7 sentences with 'assertion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word assertion and other words derived from it.
• « The initial assertion that all citizens should be equal before the law seemed straightforward enough until the Assembly had to decide whether that equality extended to those other than the people who had had a monopoly on political representation of any kind for most of French history: Catholic male property owners. »
• « However, neither work inspired sympathy in the vast majority of the male population of France (or Britain), and as the revolution became more radical, members of the Assembly became increasingly hostile to the assertion of women's rights. »
• « What had changed since the dawn of the 19th century, however, was the growth of liberalism. It was a short and logical step from the assertion that "all men are equal" to "all people are equal", and indeed some women (such as Wollstonecraft) had made that point very vocally in the early liberal movements around the time of the French Revolution. »
• « One should resort to the word "I" in any assertion, and avoid criticism, overt or covert, so that the other feels that there is nothing to fear. »
• « Did Cleopatra have a goitre? This unique hypothesis was proposed in 1973 by the Canadian physician Gerald Hart. The starting point for his assertion is the numerous coins depicting the queen, which show a voluminous protrusion on the front of the neck. »
• « Many tooth extractions are unnecessary. Despite this assertion, according to a survey of 1,000 American men and women, 28 per cent said they would still prefer to have their aching tooth extracted than to have it saved by root canal treatment. »
• « Parliament understood the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act as an assertion of its power to control colonial policy. »