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Presupposition

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation. countable, uncountable

    "He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone."

  2. 2
    the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of presupposing. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language. countable, uncountable

    "For instance: a verb might convey someone's evaluation of it as a presupposition. To say ‘they deprived him of a visit to his parents’ presupposes that he wanted to visit (vs. ‘spare him a visit...’)."

Etymology

From Middle French présupposition, from Latin praesuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”).

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