| 单词 | presupposition |
| 释义 | presupposition (once / 18672 pages) n When you assume some fact at the very beginning of an argument, that's presupposition. If a book critic decides that a novel is intended for young adult readers before writing her review, she makes a presupposition. When you presuppose, you make an assumption about something from the start, and presupposition is the action of presupposing. Your presupposition about how terrible a movie is going to be might color your actual experience of watching it, for example. The noun presupposition comes straight from the Medieval Latin praesuppositionem, which combines prae-, "before," and suppositio, "suppose." WORD FAMILYpresupposition: presuppositions+/presuppose: presupposed, presupposes, presupposing, presupposition/supposable: supposably/supposal: supposals/suppose: presuppose, supposable, supposal, supposed, supposes, supposing, supposition/supposed: supposedly/supposition: suppositional, suppositions, suppositious, supposititious/suppositious: suppositiously/supposititious: supposititiously USAGE EXAMPLESThey pursued projects that were rarely at odds with US foreign policy and often shared many of its key ideological biases and presuppositions. The Guardian(Oct 15, 2016) Indeed, what I observed as the weeks went by forced me to substantially revise my presuppositions about some of my teammates. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air(1996) They are attitudes, presuppositions derived from upbringing, from training, from personal and career experience, from religion and national origin and character and ideology and politics. Washington Post(Mar 09, 2016) n the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) Hyper supposal, supposition the cognitive process of supposing |
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