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postulate

noun

1 postulate

logic A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning.

synonym: posit.

Roget 476: reasoning ratiocination rationalism; dialectics, induction, generalization.    discussion, comment; ventilation; inquiry etc. 461.    argumentation, controversy, debate; ... show more

Roget 496: maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot [Fr.], motto, word, byword, ... show more

Roget 514: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum [Lat.], theory; thesis, theorem; ... show more

Dutch: axioma, grondregel, grondstelling, postulaat

verb

1 postulate

Maintain or assert.

synonym: contend.

2 postulate

Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom.

synonym: posit.

3 postulate

Require as useful, just, or proper:
— This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent.

synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take.


Moby thesaurus: a priori principle, a priori truth, absolute fact, accepted fact, actual fact, admitted fact, advance, affirm, affirmation, apriorism, assert, assertion, assume, assumed position, assumption, avant-propos, aver, axiom, bald fact, bare fact ... show more.

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