Definitions for presupposition
-sʌp əˈzɪʃ ənpre·sup·po·si·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. presuppositionnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. presuppositionnoun

   An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.

2. presuppositionnoun

   The act of presupposing.

3. Etymology: From presuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesupponere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Presuppositionnoun

   Supposition previously formed.

   Etymology: presupposition, Fr. præ and supposition.

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1. presupposition

   Presupposition is a type of assumption or belief that is taken for granted or considered as already established before a discussion, argument, or analysis begins. It refers to the implicit assumptions or underlying implications in a statement or question that must be accepted as true for the statement or question to make sense or be understood. Presuppositions exist in everyday communication, in scientific research, philosophy, and many other areas.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Presuppositionnoun

   the act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption

2. Presuppositionnoun

   that which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise

3. Etymology: [Pref. pre- + supposition: cf. F. prsupposition.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Presupposition

   In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include: ⁕Jane no longer writes fiction. ⁕Presupposition: Jane once wrote fiction. ⁕Have you stopped eating meat? ⁕Presupposition: you had once eaten meat. ⁕Have you talked to Hans? ⁕Presupposition: Hans exists. A presupposition must be mutually known or assumed by the speaker and addressee for the utterance to be considered appropriate in context. It will generally remain a necessary assumption whether the utterance is placed in the form of an assertion, denial, or question, and can be associated with a specific lexical item or grammatical feature in the utterance. Crucially, negation of an expression does not change its presuppositions: I want to do it again and I don't want to do it again both presuppose that the subject has done it already one or more times; My wife is pregnant and My wife is not pregnant both presuppose that the subject has a wife. In this respect, presupposition is distinguished from entailment and implicature. For example, The president was assassinated entails that The president is dead, but if the expression is negated, the entailment is not necessarily true.

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How to pronounce presupposition?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of presupposition in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of presupposition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=presupposition
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Presupposition
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=presupposition
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presupposition
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=presupposition