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assumption
n. the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
Assumption
n. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
premise, premiss, assumption
n. 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 to play"
presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption
n. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
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Fuzzynyms (24)
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confiscation, arrogation
n. seizure by the government
usurpation
n. wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
proposition
n. a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
axiom
n. (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
hypothesis, possibility, theory
n. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
theorem
n. an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
theorem
n. a proposition deducible from basic postulates
guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
supposition, supposal
n. the cognitive process of supposing
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
n. impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
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