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    pre·sup·po·si·tion
    /ˌprēˌsəpəˈziSH(ə)n/

    noun

    • 1. a thing tacitly assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action: "images that challenge presuppositions about feminine handiwork"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › presuppositionPresupposition Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : to suppose beforehand. 2. : to require as an antecedent in logic or fact. presupposition. (ˌ)prē-ˌsə-pə-ˈzi-shən. noun. presuppositional. (ˌ)prē-ˌsə-pə-ˈzish-nəl. -ˈzi-shə-nᵊl. adjective. Synonyms. assume. hypothecate. hypothesize. postulate. premise. presume. say. suppose.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › presuppositionPRESUPPOSITION Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Presupposition definition: something that is assumed in advance or taken for granted. See examples of PRESUPPOSITION used in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPRESUPPOSITION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PRESUPPOSITION definition: 1. something that you believe is true without having any proof: 2. something that you believe is…. Learn more.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › presuppositionPresupposition - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When you assume some fact at the very beginning of an argument, that's presupposition. If a book critic decides that a novel is intended for young adult readers before writing her review, she makes a presupposition.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPRESUPPOSITION definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

    PRESUPPOSITION meaning: 1. something that you believe is true without having any proof: 2. something that you believe is…. Learn more.

  7. plato.stanford.edu › entries › presuppositionPresupposition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

    Apr 1, 2011 · Presupposition. First published Fri Apr 1, 2011; substantive revision Thu Jan 7, 2021. We discuss presupposition, the phenomenon whereby speakers mark linguistically information as being taken for granted, rather than being part of the main propositional content of a speech act.

  8. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Presupposition - Oxford Reference

    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 the falsity of another statement.

  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PresuppositionPresupposition - Wikipedia

    Presupposition. In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition (or PSP) 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:

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpresupposition noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    presupposition. noun. /ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃn/. /ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃn/. [countable, uncountable] (formal) something that you believe to be true and use as the beginning of an argument even though it has not been proved; the act of believing it is true synonym assumption.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › presuppositionpresupposition | meaning of presupposition in Longman Dictionary...

    presupposition meaning, definition, what is presupposition: something that you think is true, althou...: Learn more.

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