assumption

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun < Mediaeval Latin assumption (“‘a taking up (into heaven)’”) and Latin assumption (“‘a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism’”); see assume.

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assumption (plural assumptions)

1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
   • 1976, “The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10”[1],: 

     No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.

4. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:supposition

[edit] Related terms

• assume
• assumptive

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[edit] External links

• assumption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• assumption in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911