- The assertion is not a principle, or set of principles.
- It was not laid down by any authority, nor was any authority cited.
- No one asserted it was incontrovertibly true.
One of Sherlock’s more asinine claims there:
Atheism
noun
- disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
Fairytale
noun
- a children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands; a fairy story.
@CyberLN’s assertion is simply an obvious semantical inference from an examination of the word definitions, though this would explain why it was beyond the wit of SH, as dictionaries seem to be anathema to him.