assertion

ASSERT()

1) an expression of a proposition made with the intent that it be taken as holding true, ¶3-5-1; 2) an ad hoc element representing a concept of the speech act, ¶3-5-1; the a. symbolizes at least three primitive elements: 1) a neustic of certainty on the part of the speaker of the utterance, 2) a perception of the phrastic on the part of the hearer (as true in the mind of the speaker), and 3) the causation of this perception on the part of the speaker