Positing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which one posits.

    "Formulated in this fashion, the phenomenological datum evokes the distinction made earlier between those intendings and positings in which the ego is involved and those in which the ego is not engaged."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of posit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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postulatesubmitadvanceapriorismassertassume

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"Let us begin our analysis by positing the following question."

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