ex hypothesiadv.
/ɛks hʌɪˈpɒθɪsʌɪ/ From or according to the hypothesis; as a result of the assumptions made; supposedly, hypothetically.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [adverb]
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conditionately1626
hypothetically1628
1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. 211 The Spring and neape tides, the foure seasons of the yere, with infinite like, they are phisically necessarie, they are ineuitable ex hypothesi.
1694 J. Howe Calm & Sober Enq. 49 Yet that necessity not being absolute, but ex hypothesi only.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. 215 The Jury, ex Hypothesi..inclined on the Plot Side.
1829 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 219 The universe, ex hypothesi, is only an effect.
1887 Athenæum 1 Oct. 430/2 A people to whom it was ex hypothesi unknown.
1941 W. Temple Citizen & Churchman ii. 33 Inasmuch as ex hypothesi there is no God for the State to serve, the State becomes an absolute.
1945 R. A. Knox God & Atom vi. 82 To give priority to Something which, ex hypothesi, claims absolute priority.
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