a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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a hypothesis that is taken for granted
<noun.cognition> any society is built upon certain assumptions
the cognitive process of supposing
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Supposition \Sup`po*si"tion\, n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning corresponding to suppose. See {Sub-}, and {Position}.] 1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false. --Tillotson.
He means are in supposition. --Shak.
Punctuating the mass of speculation and supposition are statistics showing recruitment and retention problems within specific occupations and occupational categories.
The new supposition has gained credence since 1989.
And disclosure of all futures players wouldn't prove particularly embarrassing for foreign securities houses, despite the widely held supposition that these companies dominate the futures market.
So they might improve on their present 22. There is a contrary supposition.
I am expressing my supposition.
She's narrowed the possibilities down to four men and is working on the supposition that the inventor of peanut butter worked for a sanitarium near Bayle's factory.