It is founded on supposition.
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Supposition
/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/
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connotationexpectationfancyguessworkhinthypothesisideaidealimageimagoimplicationimplied meaningimportimpressioninferenceinnuendointellectual objectintimationironic suggestionmeaning
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Noun(8 words)
Adjective(1 words)
hypothetical proposition
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nuanceobservationoccult meaningopinionovertoneperceptionperhapspositpostulatepostulationpostulatumpremisepresumptionpresupposalpresuppositionproposalpropositionreceptreflectionrepresentation
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sentimentset of postulatesspeculationsubsensesubsidiary sensesuggestionsupposalsupposesupposingsurmisesymbolismtheorythesisthoughttingetouchundercurrentundermeaningundertoneworking hypothesis
Noun(17 words)
overhopepositpossibilitypostulatepostulationpremisepresumingpropositionreckoningspeculate about causessupposalsurmisalsurmisessurmisingsuspiciontheoryworking hypothesis
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9 total sentences available.
This supposition, that the Earth is immobile, was completely untrue.
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That's a supposition, not a fact.
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Despite a flattering supposition to the contrary, people come readily to terms with power. There is little reason to think that the power of the great bankers, while they were assumed to have it, was much resented. But as the ghosts of numerous tyrants, from Julius Caesar to Benito Mussolini will testify, people are very hard on those who, having had power, lose it or are destroyed. Then anger at past arrogance is joined with contempt for the present weakness. The victim or his corpse is made to suffer all available indignities.
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