What is another word for presupposes?

Pronunciation: [pɹˌiːsʌpˈə͡ʊzɪz] (IPA)

The word 'presupposes' refers to an assumption or a belief that is taken for granted as true. Synonyms for this word can include terms like 'assumes,' 'implies,' or 'presumes.' Each of these synonyms carries a similar meaning to presuppose, highlighting the idea of taking something as true without necessarily verifying it. Other synonyms for presuppose can include phrases like 'requires as a prerequisite' or 'bases on the assumption of.' All of these words and phrases share a similar foundational concept - that a belief or assumption is held as valid before it has been fully evaluated or proven.

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Usage examples for Presupposes

Ethics presupposes this knowledge, and simply tells us that these laws of hygiene and physiology are our best friends; and that it is our duty to heed what they say.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
But facsimiles and other aids have been greatly multiplied of late years; many a book can be run down and the identification verified in a few minutes, and the possibility of hunting successfully in one's own library presupposes the purchase of many books giving full information as to their origin.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Rightly or wrongly, the translator presupposes for himself in many cases an audience far removed from academic preoccupations.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos

Famous quotes with Presupposes

  • Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.
    William Ames
  • Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
    Louis Aragon
  • This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization.
    Fredrik Bajer
  • The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
    Elias Canetti
  • Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
    Denis Diderot

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