assentation

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noun

Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

“August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.”

OriginLatin assentatio →
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Meanings

nounassentation (countable and uncountable, plural assentations)

plural assentations

  1. countableuncountableInsincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

    August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.

Origin

  1. Latinassentatio
  2. Englishassentation

From Latin assentatio. See assent.

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APA

assentation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assentation

MLA

“assentation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assentation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assentation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assentation.

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