n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: PRESUPPOSITION , presumption
2 something that is taken for granted or advanced as fact FF1C; decisions based on assumptions about the nature of society FF1E;
Synonyms: apriorism, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, supposition, thesis
Related Words: conjecture, guess, surmise; hypothesis, theory; axiom, fundamental, law, principle, theorem