Meanings
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishassertion
- Englishreassertion
Translations
Spanish reafirmación, reaserción
- reafirmaciónthe act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
- reaserciónthe act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
- reaseveraciónthe act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
- reasertothe act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
Cite this entry
reassertion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassertion
“reassertion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassertion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reassertion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassertion.
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