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collapse - a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
- a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations related words >
- a priori principle,
- affirmation,
- apriorism,
- assertion,
- assumed position,
- assumption,
- axiom,
- basis,
- categorical proposition,
- conjecture,
- data,
- first principles,
- foundation,
- ground,
- guesswork,
- hypothesis ad hoc,
- inference,
- lemma,
- major premise,
- minor premise,
- philosopheme,
- philosophical proposition,
- position,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- premise,
- premiss,
- presumption,
- presupposal,
- presupposition,
- proposition,
- propositional function,
- set of postulates,
- speculation,
- statement,
- sumption,
- supposal,
- supposing,
- supposition,
- surmise,
- theorem,
- theory,
- thesis,
- truth table,
- truth-function,
- truth-value,
- working hypothesis
- premise
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- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- take something as preexisting and given
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand" related words >
- a priori principle,
- affirmation,
- ancestor,
- antecedent,
- apriorism,
- argue,
- assert,
- assertion,
- assume,
- assumed position,
- assumption,
- avant-propos,
- axiom,
- basis,
- basis for belief,
- body of evidence,
- breakthrough,
- categorical proposition,
- chain of evidence,
- clue,
- conjecture,
- data,
- datum,
- documentation,
- evidence,
- exhibit,
- exordium,
- fact,
- facts,
- first principles,
- forerunner,
- foreword,
- foundation,
- front matter,
- frontispiece,
- ground,
- grounds,
- grounds for belief,
- guesswork,
- hypothecate,
- hypothesis,
- hypothesis ad hoc,
- hypothesize,
- indication,
- inference,
- innovation,
- introduce,
- introduction,
- item of evidence,
- leap,
- lemma,
- major premise,
- manifestation,
- mark,
- material grounds,
- minor premise,
- muniments,
- mute witness,
- overture,
- philosopheme,
- philosophical proposition,
- piece of evidence,
- posit,
- position,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- preamble,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predicate,
- preface,
- prefix,
- prefixture,
- preliminary,
- prelude,
- premises,
- premiss,
- presume,
- presumption,
- presupposal,
- presuppose,
- presupposition,
- proem,
- prolegomena,
- prolegomenon,
- prolepsis,
- prologize,
- prologue,
- proof,
- proposal,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propositional function,
- protasis,
- put forth,
- reason to believe,
- relevant fact,
- set forth,
- set of postulates,
- sign,
- statement,
- sumption,
- supposal,
- suppose,
- supposing,
- supposition,
- surmise,
- symptom,
- theorem,
- theorize,
- thesis,
- token,
- truth table,
- truth-function,
- truth-value,
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- voluntary,
- working hypothesis
- thesis
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- an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument related words >
- Alexandrine,
- a priori principle,
- accent,
- accentuation,
- affirmation,
- amphibrach,
- amphimacer,
- anacrusis,
- anapest,
- antispast,
- apriorism,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- arsis,
- article,
- assertion,
- assumed position,
- assumption,
- axiom,
- bacchius,
- basis,
- beat,
- belief,
- bout,
- cadence,
- caesura,
- catalexis,
- categorical proposition,
- causerie,
- chloriamb,
- chloriambus,
- circle,
- circuit,
- colon,
- conjecture,
- contention,
- contestation,
- counterpoint,
- course,
- cretic,
- cycle,
- dactyl,
- dactylic hexameter,
- data,
- descant,
- diaeresis,
- diastole,
- dimeter,
- dipody,
- discourse,
- discussion,
- disquisition,
- dissertation,
- dochmiac,
- downbeat,
- elegiac,
- elegiac couplet,
- elegiac pentameter,
- emphasis,
- epitrite,
- essay,
- etude,
- examination,
- excursus,
- exposition,
- feature,
- feminine caesura,
- first approach,
- first principles,
- foot,
- foundation,
- grammatical accent,
- ground,
- guesswork,
- heptameter,
- heptapody,
- heroic couplet,
- hexameter,
- hexapody,
- homily,
- hypothesis,
- hypothesis ad hoc,
- iamb,
- iambic,
- iambic pentameter,
- ictus,
- idea,
- inference,
- intonation,
- intonation pattern,
- introductory study,
- ionic,
- jingle,
- lemma,
- lilt,
- lucubration,
- major premise,
- masculine caesura,
- measure,
- memoir,
- meter,
- metrical accent,
- metrical foot,
- metrical group,
- metrical unit,
- metron,
- minor premise,
- molossus,
- monograph,
- mora,
- morceau,
- movement,
- note,
- notion,
- numbers,
- opinion,
- outline,
- paeon,
- pandect,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- pentameter,
- pentapody,
- period,
- philosopheme,
- philosophical proposition,
- piece,
- pitch accent,
- point,
- posit,
- position,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- precept,
- preliminary study,
- premise,
- premiss,
- presumption,
- presupposal,
- presupposition,
- proceleusmatic,
- prolegomenon,
- proposition,
- propositional function,
- pulse,
- pyrrhic,
- quantity,
- research paper,
- revolution,
- rhetorical accent,
- rhythm,
- rhythmical accent,
- rotation,
- round,
- screed,
- sentiments,
- series,
- set of postulates,
- sketch,
- special article,
- spell,
- spondee,
- sprung rhythm,
- statement,
- stress,
- stress accent,
- stress arsis,
- study,
- sumption,
- supposal,
- supposing,
- supposition,
- surmise,
- survey,
- swing,
- systole,
- syzygy,
- term paper,
- tetrameter,
- tetrapody,
- tetraseme,
- theme,
- theorem,
- theory,
- tone accent,
- tract,
- tractate,
- treatise,
- treatment,
- tribrach,
- trimeter,
- tripody,
- triseme,
- trochee,
- truth table,
- truth-function,
- truth-value,
- turn,
- upbeat,
- view,
- views,
- wheel,
- working hypothesis
- presumption
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- a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
- (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed related words >
- adventurousness,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- apriorism,
- aptitude,
- arcane meaning,
- arrogance,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- assurance,
- assured faith,
- attitude,
- audaciousness,
- audacity,
- axiom,
- basis,
- belief,
- bias,
- boldness,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brazenness,
- brinkmanship,
- bumptiousness,
- butting-in,
- chance,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- cheerful expectation,
- chutzpah,
- climate of opinion,
- coloration,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conclusion,
- confidence,
- conjecture,
- connotation,
- consensus gentium,
- consideration,
- contumely,
- conviction,
- courage fou,
- courting disaster,
- crust,
- daredevilry,
- daredeviltry,
- daring,
- deduction,
- dependence,
- desire,
- doomed hope,
- effrontery,
- entailment,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- evidence,
- expectation,
- eye,
- face,
- fair expectation,
- fair prospect,
- faith,
- familiarity,
- favorable prospect,
- feasibility,
- feeling,
- fervent hope,
- fire-eating,
- flirting with death,
- foolhardiness,
- forejudgment,
- forwardness,
- gall,
- general belief,
- going for broke,
- good chance,
- good cheer,
- good hope,
- great expectations,
- grounds,
- guess,
- guesswork,
- hardihood,
- harebrainedness,
- high hopes,
- hint,
- hope,
- hopeful prognosis,
- hopefulness,
- hopes,
- hoping,
- hoping against hope,
- hubris,
- hypothesis,
- idea,
- immodesty,
- impertinence,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- imposition,
- impression,
- impudence,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- inquisitiveness,
- insolence,
- intermeddling,
- intimation,
- intrusiveness,
- involvement,
- ironic suggestion,
- judgment,
- lawlessness,
- liability,
- liberties,
- liberty abused,
- license,
- licentiousness,
- lights,
- likelihood,
- likeliness,
- meaning,
- meddlesomeness,
- meddling,
- metaphorical sense,
- mind,
- mystique,
- nerve,
- notion,
- nuance,
- observation,
- obtrusiveness,
- occult meaning,
- odds,
- officiousness,
- opinion,
- outlook,
- overconfidence,
- overtone,
- overweening,
- overweeningness,
- parti pris,
- personal judgment,
- plausibility,
- playing with fire,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- posit,
- position,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- posture,
- prayerful hope,
- preapprehension,
- preconception,
- preconclusion,
- preconsideration,
- predecision,
- predetermination,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- prejudgment,
- prejudication,
- prejudice,
- premature judgment,
- premise,
- premiss,
- prenotion,
- prepossession,
- presumptive evidence,
- presumptuousness,
- presupposal,
- presupposition,
- presurmise,
- prevailing belief,
- pride,
- probabilism,
- probability,
- procacity,
- promise,
- proposition,
- prospect,
- prospects,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- pushiness,
- reaction,
- reason,
- reasonable ground,
- reasonable hope,
- reliance,
- sanguine expectation,
- security,
- sentiment,
- set of postulates,
- sight,
- stance,
- stand,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- subsumption,
- suggestion,
- supposal,
- supposing,
- supposition,
- surmise,
- suspicion,
- symbolism,
- temerity,
- tendency,
- theory,
- thesis,
- thinking,
- thought,
- tinge,
- touch,
- trust,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- undue liberty,
- uppishness,
- uppityness,
- verisimilitude,
- view,
- way of thinking,
- well-grounded hope,
- working hypothesis
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