assertoric

Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.

Adjective

  1. Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.

    Synonyms: assertory

Origin

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.

Related

assertion problematic apodeictic

Derived

assertorically assertoricity