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assumption premise premiss posit postulate major premise major premiss minor premise minor premiss subsumption thesis condition precondition stipulation scenario jump to corresponding sense entry
assumption noun
1 assumption A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn:— On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play.
synonyms: premise , premiss .
Roget 144 :conversion ,
reduction ,
transmutation ,
resolution ,
assimilation ;
evolution ,
sea change ;
change of state ;
assumption ;
naturalization ;
transportation ;
development [Biol.] ,
developing .
[photography]
[conversion of currency]
conversion of currency ,
exchange of currency ;
exchange rate ;
bureau de change .
chemistry ,
alchemy ;
progress ,
growth ,
lapse ,
flux .
passage ;
transit ,
transition ;
transmigration ,
shifting
etc.
v.;
phase ;
conjugation ;
convertibility .
crucible ,
alembic ,
caldron ,
retort .
convert ,
pervert ,
renegade ,
apostate .
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Roget 739 :severity ;
strictness ,
harshness
etc.
adj.;
rigor ,
stringency ,
austerity ;
inclemency
etc.
(pitilessness)
914.1;
arrogance
etc.
885 precisianism † .
arbitrary power ;
absolutism ,
despotism ;
dictatorship ,
autocracy ,
tyranny ,
domineering ,
oppression ;
assumption ,
usurpation ;
inquisition ,
reign of terror ,
martial law ;
iron heel ,
iron rule ,
iron hand ,
iron sway ;
tight grasp ;
brute force ,
brute strength ;
coercion
etc.
744 strong hand ,
tight hand .
hard lines ,
hard measure ;
tender mercies [Iron.] ;
sharp practice ;
pipe-clay ,
officialism .
tyrant ,
disciplinarian ,
precisian † ,
martinet ,
stickler ,
bashaw † ,
despot ,
hard master ,
Draco ,
oppressor ,
inquisitor ,
extortioner ,
harpy ,
vulture ;
accipitres † ,
birds of prey ,
raptorials † ,
raptors † .
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Roget 496 :maxim ,
aphorism ;
apothegm ,
apophthegm † ;
dictum ,
saying ,
adage ,
saw ,
proverb ;
sentence ,
mot [Fr.] ,
motto ,
word ,
byword ,
moral ,
phylactery ,
protasis † .
axiom ,
theorem ,
scholium † ,
truism ,
postulate .
first principles ,
a priori fact ,
assumption
(supposition)
514 reflection
etc.
(idea)
453 conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480 golden rule
etc.
(precept)
697 principle ,
principia [Lat.] ;
profession of faith
etc.
(belief)
484 settled principle ,
accepted principle ,
formula .
accepted fact .
received truth ,
wise maxim ,
sage maxim ,
received maxim ,
admitted maxim ,
recognized maxim
&c.;
true saying ,
common saying ,
hackneyed saying ,
trite saying ,
commonplace saying
etc.
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Dutch: perceel, voorwaarde, aanname, gis, gissing, onderstelling, veronderstelling Polish: przesłanka
2 assumption A hypothesis that is taken for granted:— Any society is built upon certain assumptions.
synonyms: supposal , supposition .
Roget 514 :supposition ,
assumption ,
assumed position ,
postulation ,
condition ,
presupposition ,
hypothesis ,
blue sky hypothesis ,
postulate ,
postulatum [Lat.] ,
theory ;
thesis ,
theorem ;
data ;
proposition ,
position ;
proposal
etc.
(plan)
626 presumption
etc.
(belief)
484 divination .
conjecture ;
guess ,
guesswork ,
speculation ;
rough guess ,
shot ,
shot in the dark [Coll.] ;
conjecturality † ;
surmise ,
suspicion ,
sneaking suspicion ;
estimate ,
approximation
(nearness)
197 inkling ,
suggestion ,
hint ,
intimation ,
notion ,
impression ;
bare supposition ,
vague supposition ,
loose supposition ,
loose suggestion .
association of ideas ,
(analogy)
514.1;
metonym [Gramm.] ,
metonymy [Gramm.] ,
simile
(metaphor)
521 conceit ,
idea ,
thought ;
original idea ,
invention
(imagination)
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Polish: założenie
3 assumption The act of taking possession of or power over something:— His assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba.
synonym: laying claim .
Dutch: overname
4 Assumption Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
synonyms: Assumption of Mary , August 15 .
Dutch: veronderstelling, hemelvaart, aanname, Mariahemelvaart, Maria-Hemelvaart, Maria-ten-hemel-Opneming, assumptie Polish: Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wniebowzięcie, Matka Boska Zielna
5 Assumption Christianity The taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended.
Polish: wniebowzięcie
6 assumption Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.
synonyms: effrontery , presumption , presumptuousness .
Roget 885 :insolence ;
haughtiness
etc.
adj.;
arrogance ,
airs ;
overbearance † ;
domineering
etc.
v.;
tyranny
etc.
739
impertinence ;
sauciness
etc.
adj.;
flippancy ,
dicacity † ,
petulance ,
procacity † ,
bluster ;
swagger ,
swaggering
etc.
v.;
bounce ;
terrorism .
assumption ,
presumption ;
beggar on horseback ;
usurpation .
impudence ,
assurance ,
audacity ,
hardihood ,
front ,
face ,
brass ;
shamelessness
etc.
adj.;
effrontery ,
hardened front ,
face of brass .
assumption of infallibility .
saucebox
etc.
(blusterer)
887 † .
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Roget 925 :undueness
etc.
adj.;
malum prohibitum [Lat.] ;
impropriety ;
illegality
etc.
964 falseness
etc.
adj.;
emptiness of title ,
invalidity of title ;
illegitimacy .
loss of right ,
disfranchisement ,
forfeiture .
usurpation ,
tort ,
violation ,
breach ,
encroachment ,
presumption ,
assumption ,
seizure ;
stretch ,
exaction ,
imposition ,
lion's share .
usurper ,
pretender .
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Roget 858 :hope ,
hopes ;
desire
etc.
865 fervent hope ,
sanguine expectation ,
trust ,
confidence ,
reliance ;
faith
etc.
(belief)
484
affiance ,
assurance ;
secureness ,
security ;
reassurance .
good omen ,
good auspices ;
promise ,
well grounded hopes ;
good prospect ,
bright prospect ;
clear sky .
assumption ,
presumption ;
anticipation
etc.
(expectation)
507 hopefulness ,
buoyancy ,
optimism ,
enthusiasm ,
heart of grace ,
aspiration .
[person who is hopeful]
optimist ,
utopian ,
utopist † .
castles in the air ,
castles in Spain ,
chateaux en Espagne [Fr.] ,
le pot aut lait [Fr.] ,
Utopia ,
millennium ;
day dream ,
golden dream ;
dream of Alnaschar † ;
airy hopes ,
fool's paradise ;
mirage
etc.
(fallacies of vision)
443 fond hope .
beam of hope ,
ray of hope ,
gleam of hope ,
glimmer of hope ,
flash of hope ,
dawn of hope ,
star of hope ;
cheer ;
bit of blue sky ,
silver lining ,
silver lining of the cloud ,
bottom of Pandora's box ,
balm in Gilead ;
light at the end of the tunnel .
anchor ,
sheet anchor ,
mainstay ;
staff
etc.
(support)
215 heaven
etc.
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Roget 481 :misjudgment ,
obliquity of judgment ;
miscalculation ,
miscomputation ,
misconception
etc.
(error)
495 hasty conclusion .
[causes of misjudgment. 1]
prejudgment ,
prejudication † ,
prejudice ;
foregone conclusion ;
prenotion † ,
prevention ,
preconception ,
predilection ,
prepossession ,
preapprehension † ,
presumption ,
assumption ,
presentiment ;
fixed idea ,
preconceived idea ;
id_ee fixe ;
mentis gratissimus error [Lat.] ;
fool's paradise .
[causes of misjudgment. 2]
esprit de corps ,
party spirit ,
partisanship ,
clannishness ,
prestige .
[causes of misjudgment. 3]
bias ,
bigotry ,
warp ,
twist ;
hobby ,
fad ,
quirk ,
crotchet ,
partiality ,
infatuation ,
blind side ,
mote in the eye .
[causes of misjudgment. 4]
one-sided views ,
one-track mind ,
partial views ,
narrow views ,
confined views ,
superficial views ,
one-sided ideas ,
partial ideas ,
narrow ideas ,
confined ideas ,
superficial ideas ,
one-sided conceptions ,
partial conceptions ,
narrow conceptions ,
confined conceptions ,
superficial conceptions ,
one-sided notions ,
partial notions ,
narrow notions ,
confined notions ,
superficial notions ;
narrow mind ;
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606 odium theologicum [Lat.] ;
pedantry ;
hypercriticism .
doctrinaire
etc.
(positive)
474 [causes of misjudgment. 5]
overestimation
etc.
482 underestimation
etc.
483 [causes of misjudgment. 6]
ignorance
etc.
491 erroneous assumptions ,
erroneous data ,
mistaken assumptions ,
incorrect assumptions
(error)
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Dutch: aanmatiging, pretentie
7 assumption The act of assuming or taking for granted.
Dutch: op zich nemen, voorgevoel, onderstelling, giswerk, gissing, conjectuur, vermoeden, veronderstelling, aanname
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