possibility :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. [the state that something or someone can exist or can be done]

n. a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities"

n. capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"

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"

possibility, possible action, opening

n. a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"

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likelihood, likeliness

n. the probability of a specified outcome

contingency

n. the state of being contingent on something

postulate, posit

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

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"

theorem

n. an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth

philosophy

n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"

political orientation, ideology, political theory

n. an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

position, posture

n. a rationalized mental attitude

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Impossibility

n. [the state that something or someone cannot exist or cannot be done]

impossibility, impossible action

n. an alternative that is not available

certainty

n. the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"

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