- Presupposal
- Presupposal Pre`sup*pos"al, n. Presupposition. [R.] ``Presupposal of knowledge.'' --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
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Presupposal
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presupposal — index foregone conclusion, inference, preconception, predetermination Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
presupposal — pre·sup·pos·al … English syllables
presupposal — ˌprēsəˈpōzəl noun Etymology: presuppose + al archaic : presupposition … Useful english dictionary
inference — in·fer·ence / in fə rəns/ n 1: the act or process of inferring; specif: the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow logically from that of the former 2: something … Law dictionary
foregone conclusion — I noun forejudgment, foreordination, inevitable result, one sidedness, partiality, preconceived idea, preconclusion, predecision, predesigned conclusion, predetermination, predetermined conclusion, predilection, predisposition, prejudged… … Law dictionary
preconception — I noun anticipation, assumption, bent, bias, fixed idea, foregone conclusion, forejudgment, inclination, leaning, partiality, praeiudicata opinio, preapprehension, preconceived idea, precondusion, predetermination, preestimate, prejudgment,… … Law dictionary
predetermination — I noun aim, bias, closed mindedness, conclusion beforehand, conclusion in advance, decision beforehand, decision in advance, destined lot, destiny, fate, fixed future, force of circumstances, foredoom, foregone conclusion, forejudgment,… … Law dictionary
assumption — Synonyms and related words: a priori principle, about face, acceptance, accession, acquisition, admission, admittance, adoption, affirmation, alchemy, allegory, allusion, anointing, anointment, apotheosis, appointment, appropriation, apriorism,… … Moby Thesaurus
axiom — Synonyms and related words: a belief, a priori principle, a priori truth, absolute fact, accepted fact, actual fact, adage, admitted fact, affirmation, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, apriorism, article of faith, assertion, assumed position,… … Moby Thesaurus
conjecture — Synonyms and related words: assume, assumption, axiom, believe, blind guess, bold conjecture, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, give a guess, glean, guess, guesswork, hazard a conjecture, hunch, hypothesis, imagine … Moby Thesaurus
