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[しゅ()·ちょう()]
shuchou
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 主張

noun, suru verb
  1. claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

Definition and Synonyms for 主張

Affirmation the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Synonyms: 主張, 断言, 明言, 表明, 言明, 陳述
Claim assert or affirm strongly
Synonyms: 主張, 言い張る
Contention a point asserted as part of an argument
Synonyms: 主張, 論点
View a message expressing a belief about something
Synonyms: オピニオン, 主張, 意向, 意見, 所存, 所見, 考え, 考える, 考え方, 見解, 評価
Insistence continual and persistent demands
Synonyms: 主張
Assert assert to be true
Synonyms: 主張
Postulate maintain or assert
Synonyms: 主張
Claim lay claim to
Synonyms: 主張, 要求, 言い張る
Plead enter a plea, as in courts of law
Synonyms: 主張, 抗弁, 申し立てる
Argue present reasons and arguments
Synonyms: 主張, 判断, 弁じる, 弁論, 立論, 談ずる, 談論, 論じる, 論ずる, 論弁, 論議, 論述, 議す, 議論
Plead offer as an excuse or plea
Synonyms: 主張, 嘆願, 弁ずる, 抗弁, 申し立てる
Affirm to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Synonyms: 主張, 宣誓, 断言, 明言, 確言, 言い切る, 言い張る, 言明, 言い立てる, 誓う, 誓約, 誓言
Aver report or maintain
Synonyms: 主張
Maintain state categorically
Synonyms: 主張, 断言, 明言, 確言, 言い切る, 言い張る, 言い放つ, 言明
Defend state or assert
Synonyms: 主張, 保つ
Claim demand for something as rightful or due
Synonyms: クレーム, クレーム, 主張, 催促, 求め, 求める, 要償, 要望, 要求, 要請, 請求
Arrogate demand as being one's due or property
Synonyms: 主張, 要求
Put Forward insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
Synonyms: 主張, 言い切る, 言い張る, 言い立てる, 言い通す
Instancy the quality of being insistent
Synonyms: 主張
View a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
Synonyms: 主張, 主観, 意見, 所感, 所見, 所論, 確信, 考え, 考える, 見解
Averment a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Synonyms: 主張, 力説, 宣言, 断言, 明言, 確言, 言明
Claim an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
Synonyms: 主張
Claim an assertion that something is true or factual
Synonyms: 主張
Claim state to be true or existing
Synonyms: 主張, 言い張る
View the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
Synonyms: オピニオン, 主張, 意向, 意見, 所存, 所見, 考え, 考える, 考え方, 見解, 評価
Claim as of an idea
Synonyms: 主張, 要求, 言い張る
Arrogate assert one's right or title to
Synonyms: 主張, 要求

Meanings for each kanji in 主張

» lord; chief; master; main thing; principal
» lengthen; counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretch; spread; put up (tent)

Categories 主張 is a member of

Posit take as a given
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Quest express the need or desire for
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Claim assert or affirm strongly
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Represent bring forward and present to the mind
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Take A Firm Stand be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
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Rationalise defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
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Declare state emphatically and authoritatively
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Affirm to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
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Affirm say yes to
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Maintain state categorically
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Demand the act of demanding
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Deport behave in a certain manner
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Urgency pressing importance requiring speedy action
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Belief any cognitive content held as true
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Substance what a communication that is about something is about
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Declaration a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
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Averment a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
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Demand an urgent or peremptory request
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Speech Act the use of language to perform some act
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 主張

Sample Sentences for 主張

She insisted that he be invited to the party.
The argument that smoking is injurious has become accepted.
He makes out that he has a right to say so.
She persists in saying that she is right.
He strongly persisted in arguing his opinion.

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