presuppositionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌpriː.sʌp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌpriː.sʌp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/something that you believe is true without having any proof:
Your actions are based on some false presuppositions.
This is all presupposition - we must wait until we have some hard evidence.
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- a shot in the dark idiom
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- assumption
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- guess
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- preconception
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- proposition
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- shot
- supposition
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