POSTULATE


Meaning of POSTULATE in English

(~s, postulating, ~d)

If you ~ something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. (FORMAL)

...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...

Freud ~d that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.

VERB: V n, V that

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