MEANING
An assumption treated as already established in a statement or line of thought.
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- underlying presupposition
- challenge a presupposition
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The question carried the presupposition that someone had entered.
The essay challenged the argument’s underlying presupposition.
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular presupposition; plural presuppositions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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