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asseveration
emphatic assertion, a solemn declaration
What does it say about the American electorate when facts and issue-based asseverations are not as effective as demagoguery and slander?
Related English word: asseverate (to assert emphatically, declare solemnly)
Latin root words: adseveratio, adseverationis, f. - an emphatic assertion; adsevero, adseverare, adseveravi, adseveratus - to assert, affirm; severus, severa, severum - serious, strict, stern
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