reassertion
reassertion noun: the act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion.
Noun
reassertion (plural reassertions)
- the act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
- […] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.2015, Heidi Nast, “Pit Bulls, Slavery, and Whiteness in the Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century U.S.”, in Rosemary-Claire Collard, Kathryn Gillespie, editors, Critical Animal Geographies, page 138
Forms of reassertion
| plural | reassertions |
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Origin of reassertion
From re- + assertion.
Questions about reassertion
- What does reassertion mean?
- Reassertion means the act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion.
- What part of speech is reassertion?
- Reassertion is a noun.
- What is the plural of reassertion?
- The plural of reassertion is reassertions.
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