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POSTULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
Synonyms:
petition; postulation; request
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("postulation" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postulation"):
application (a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school)
appeal; collection; ingathering; solicitation (request for a sum of money)
demand (an urgent or peremptory request)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
Synonyms:
postulation; predication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("postulation" is a kind of...):
declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Derivation:
postulate (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom)
