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Postulator

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postulationnounThe act of postulating or something postulated.
postulatingverbA postulation.
postulatumnounA postulate.
positverbTo assume the existence of; to postulate.
positornounAlternative form of positer. [One who posits something.]
postulatenounSomething assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
premisenounA proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
positingnoun(philosophy) The process by which one posits.
propoundernounOne who propounds.
presupposernounA statement that makes a presupposition.
basisnounA starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
premissnounAlternative spelling of premise. [A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.]
predicantnounSomeone who preaches, especially a Dominican friar
suppositumnoun(logic) Something supposed to be true; an assumption
praepositusnoun(historical, archaic) Alternative form of prepositus. [(historical) A provost: the presiding officer of various ecclesiastical bodies.]
reasonnoun(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
prolepsisnoun(rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
presumernounOne who presumes, especially in an arrogant way.
assumptionoun(rhetoric) The introduction of a proposition into a speech, especially an extraneous one.
predicatornounThat which predicates; that designates a property or relationship

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