presupposition

presupposition
Synonyms and related words:
a priori principle, act, affect, affirmation, allegory, allusion, apriorism, arcane meaning, assertion, assumed position, assumption, avant-propos, axiom, basis, beguile, belief, bluff, breakthrough, categorical proposition, coloration, conjecture, connotation, conviction, counterfeit, data, deceive, deduction, delude, exordium, fake, feign, first principles, forejudgment, foreword, foundation, front matter, frontispiece, ground, guess, guesswork, hint, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, implication, implied meaning, import, inference, innovation, innuendo, intimation, introduction, ironic suggestion, judgment, leap, lemma, major premise, make believe, meaning, metaphorical sense, minor premise, mislead, nuance, occult meaning, opinion, overtone, overture, parti pris, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, posit, position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, preamble, preapprehension, preconception, preconclusion, preconsideration, predecision, predetermination, predilection, predisposition, preface, prefix, prefixture, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, preliminary, prelude, premature judgment, premise, prenotion, prepossession, presume, presumption, presupposal, presurmise, pretend, proem, profess, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, proposition, propositional function, protasis, purport, put on, set of postulates, sham, simulate, statement, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, sumption, supposal, suppose, supposing, supposition, surmise, symbolism, theorem, thesis, think, tinge, touch, truth table, truth-function, truth-value, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, verse, view, voluntary, working hypothesis

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  • présupposition — [ presypozisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1306; de présupposer ♦ Supposition préalable. ⇒ présupposé (2o). « le contexte ou ensemble des présuppositions communes aux lecteurs et à l auteur » (Sartre). ● présupposition nom féminin Supposition préalable : Une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Presupposition — Pre*sup po*si tion, n. [Pref. pre + supposition: cf. F. pr[ e]supposition.] 1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • presupposition — index assumption (supposition), condition (contingent provision), conjecture, conviction (persuasion), foregone conclusion …   Law dictionary

  • presupposition — presumption, assumption, postulate, premise, posit (see under PRESUPPOSE) Analogous words: surmise, conjecture, guess (see under CONJECTURE vb): inference, deduction, judgment (see under INFER): belief, conviction, *opinion, view …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Presupposition — In the linguistic branch of pragmatics, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include: * Do you want to… …   Wikipedia

  • presupposition — Informally, any suppressed premise or background framework of thought necessary to make an argument valid, or a position tenable. More formally, a presupposition has been defined as a proposition whose truth is necessary for either the truth or… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • présupposition — (pré su pô zi sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. Supposition préalable. •   En quelle sûreté de conscience les prétendus réformés ont ils pu, sous de si fausses présuppositions, violer la sainte unité que Jésus Christ a tant recommandée à son …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Présupposition — La présupposition se définit en linguistique comme l ensemble des informations implicites d un énoncé, qui peuvent s en déduire mais n y sont pas formellement exposées. Par exemple, la phrase « Jean a cessé de fumer » présuppose que… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • presupposition — pre|sup|po|si|tion [ˌpri:sʌpəˈzıʃən] n formal 1.) something that you think is true, although you have no proof = ↑assumption presupposition that ▪ Hick s presupposition is that all religions believe in the same God. 2.) [U] when you think… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • presupposition — [[t]pri͟ːsʌpəzɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] presuppositions N COUNT A presupposition is something that you assume to be true, especially something which you must assume is true in order to continue with what you are saying or thinking. [FORMAL] ...the… …   English dictionary

  • PRÉSUPPOSITION — s. f. Supposition préalable. Sa présupposition est absurde …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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