assertoric
adjUS /ˌæsɚˈtɔɹɪk/
Etymology Calque of German assertorisch (“assertory”) (itself a calque of Latin assertōrius using using Latin assert- (supine stem of asserō) + -orisch (“-ory”), popularized by Immanuel Kant). By surface analysis, assertor + -ic. See German -orisch.
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Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.
- Derived terms
- assertorically, assertoricity
- Related terms
- assertion, problematic, apodeictic
- Coordinate terms
- imperative, interrogative