MEANING
Based on or carrying an assumption treated as already accepted rather than directly stated.
Use it for
A question or claim quietly assumes something not yet established.Use when a statement smuggles in a background assumption instead of arguing for it.
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“When did the gate first open?” was presuppositional: it assumed that it had opened.
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