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PREDICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("predication" 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:

predicate (involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic)

predicate (affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of)

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