Nonassumption
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The failure to take up, adopt, or take responsibility for. countable, uncountable
"His nonassumption of the Baronetcy certainly throws some doubt on the validity of his mother's marriage, but the issue thereof was recognised by the parents of the father, whose mother, “Noble Marie Kinloch, neé de Rochead,” was, in 1732, sponsor to the 1st child, and whose father 9the 4th Baronet( as a sponsor, in 1733, to the 2d child" etc."
- 2 The failure to accept as true without proof. countable, uncountable
"Although the material deduction presupposes the formal deduction, the latter does not predetermine the method to be used for performing the former. The success of the formal deduction does not depend on the assumption or nonassumption of the principle of the identity of the unity of apperception and the understanding."
- 3 Something that is not assumed to be true without proof. countable, uncountable
"Understanding the playing field, including assumptions and nonassumptions."
Example
More examples"His nonassumption of the Baronetcy certainly throws some doubt on the validity of his mother's marriage, but the issue thereof was recognised by the parents of the father, whose mother, “Noble Marie Kinloch, neé de Rochead,” was, in 1732, sponsor to the 1st child, and whose father 9the 4th Baronet( as a sponsor, in 1733, to the 2d child" etc."
Etymology
From non- + assumption.
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