noun. Supposition in advance of experience or knowledge; surmise; conjecture.

noun. Postulation as of an antecedent condition; hence, that which is postulated as a necessary antecedent condition; a prerequisite.

noun. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.

noun. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.

noun. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.

noun. The act of presupposing.

noun. the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

"Inherent in this presupposition is the idea that progress is the privilege of Europeans 'descendants, out of which biased ideas about Africans and others are fostered and accepted as truth."

supposal  supposition  

Deposition  Inquisition  Prohibition  Titian  abolition  

aesthetic  antecedence  apperception  assertions  axiom  

a priori principle  act  affect  affirmation  allegory