He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
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Presupposition
Synonyms for "presupposition" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
positpositionpostulatepostulationpostulatumpreamblepreapprehensionpreconceptionpreconclusionpreconsiderationpredecisionpredeterminationpredilectionpredispositionprefaceprefixprefixtureprejudgmentprejudicationprejudice
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preliminarypreludepremature judgmentpremiseprenotionprepossessionpresumepresumptionpresupposalpresurmisepretendproemprofessprolegomenaprolegomenonprolepsisprologuepropositionpropositional functionprotasispurportput onset of postulatesshamsimulatestatementsubsensesubsidiary sensesuggestionsumptionsupposalsupposesupposingsuppositionsurmisesymbolismtheoremthesisthinktingetouchtruth tabletruth-functiontruth-valueundercurrentundermeaningundertoneverseviewvoluntaryworking hypothesis
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6 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- pressuposició noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- pressuposició noun (act of presupposing)
- suposició noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 前提 noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- 預設 /预设 noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Dutch
4 entries- (het) aannemen noun (act of presupposing)
- (het) veronderstellen noun (act of presupposing)
- aanname noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- aanname noun (act of presupposing)
German
1 entries- Annahme noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Greek
2 entries- προϋπόθεση noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- προϋπόθεση noun (act of presupposing)
Hindi
1 entries- पूर्वमान्यता noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Hungarian
1 entries- előfeltevés noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Icelandic
1 entries- forsenda noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Italian
4 entries- assunzione noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- congettura noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- presupposizione noun (act of presupposing)
- presupposto noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Polish
1 entries- antycypacja noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Portuguese
3 entries- pressuposição noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
- pressuposição noun (act of presupposing)
- pressuposto noun (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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...’).
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