Postulating

Q: What is a synonym for "postulating"?

Common synonyms include: premise, presume, require, a priori principle, a priori truth, absolute fact.

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Noun

1
A postulation.
"[…] this is that "final demand" to which the experimentalist feels himself forced by the whole trend of history, of a history whose steps he has followed one by one in all his previous postulatings."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of postulate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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premise presume require a priori principle a priori truth absolute fact

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"[…] this is that "final demand" to which the experimentalist feels himself forced by the whole trend of history, of a history whose steps he has followed one by one in all his previous postulatings."

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