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postulate

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"

Synonyms:

• a priori principle,
• a priori truth,
• absolute fact,
• accepted fact,
• actual fact,
• admitted fact,
• advance,
• affirm,
• affirmation,
• apriorism,
• assert,
• assertion,
• assume,
• assumed position,
• assumption,
• avant-propos,
• aver,
• axiom,
• bald fact,
• bare fact,
• basis,
• breakthrough,
• bring before,
• bring forward,
• bring up,
• broach,
• brocard,
• brutal fact,
• call,
• categorical proposition,
• center,
• challenge,
• circumstance,
• claim,
• cold fact,
• commend to attention,
• conceded fact,
• conjecture,
• core,
• data,
• datum,
• demonstrable fact,
• dictate,
• dictum,
• elixir,
• empirical fact,
• essence,
• essential,
• established fact,
• exact,
• exordium,
• fact,
• fact of experience,
• first principles,
• flower,
• focus,
• foreword,
• formula,
• foundation,
• front matter,
• frontispiece,
• fundamental,
• gist,
• given fact,
• golden rule,
• gravamen,
• ground,
• guesswork,
• hard fact,
• heart,
• hypostasis,
• hypothesis,
• hypothesis ad hoc,
• indisputable fact,
• inescapable fact,
• inference,
• inner essence,
• innovation,
• introduce,
• introduction,
• kernel,
• launch,
• law,
• lay before,
• lay down,
• leap,
• lemma,
• major premise,
• make a motion,
• marrow,
• matter of fact,
• meat,
• minor premise,
• moot,
• move,
• naked fact,
• not guesswork,
• not opinion,
• nub,
• nucleus,
• nuts and bolts,
• offer a resolution,
• open up,
• overture,
• philosopheme,
• philosophical proposition,
• pith,
• plain,
• pose,
• posit,
• position,
• positive fact,
• postulation,
• postulatum,
• preamble,
• predicate,
• preface,
• prefer,
• prefix,
• prefixture,
• preliminary,
• prelude,
• premise,
• presume,
• presumption,
• presupposal,
• presupposition,
• principium,
• principle,
• proem,
• prolegomena,
• prolegomenon,
• prolepsis,
• prologue,
• propose,
• proposition,
• propositional function,
• propound,
• protasis,
• provable fact,
• put forth,
• put forward,
• put it to,
• quid,
• quiddity,
• quintessence,
• recommend,
• require,
• requisition,
• rule,
• salient fact,
• sap,
• self-evident fact,
• self-evident truth,
• set before,
• set forth,
• set of postulates,
• settled principle,
• significant fact,
• simple fact,
• sober fact,
• solicit,
• soul,
• spirit,
• start,
• statement,
• stubborn fact,
• stuff,
• submit,
• substance,
• suggest,
• sumption,
• supposal,
• supposing,
• supposition,
• surmise,
• the case,
• the nitty-gritty,
• theorem,
• thesis,
• truism,
• truth,
• truth table,
• truth-function,
• truth-value,
• undeniable fact,
• universal truth,
• verse,
• voluntary,
• well-known fact,
• working hypothesis