Postulation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Supplication; prayer.
  • noun. The act of postulating, or assuming without proof; supposition; assumption.
  • noun. In ecclesiastical law, the presentation or election to any office of one who is in some way disqualified for the appointment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of postulating or something postulated
  • noun. Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
  • noun. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
  • Word Usage
    "If the "earn them on one hunt, collect them on another" postulation is true -- all I can say is that I've been building up an exponential payday over the past 7 years!"
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