PRESUPPOSITION


Meaning of PRESUPPOSITION in English

noun

1.

an act of presupposing

going on her presupposition that they would succeed

Synonyms: assumption, presumption

Related Word: conjecture, guess, surmise; deduction, inference, judgment; belief, conviction, opinion, view

2.

Synonyms: assumption 2, apriorism, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, supposition, thesis

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