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Definition of Supposal
1. Noun. A hypothesis that is taken for granted. "Any society is built upon certain assumptions"
Specialized synonyms: Conclusion, Base, Basis, Cornerstone, Foundation, Fundament, Groundwork, Given, Precondition, Presumption, Basic Assumption, Constatation, Self-evident Truth
Generic synonyms: Hypothesis, Possibility, Theory
Derivative terms: Assume, Suppose, Suppositional, Suppositious, Supposititious
2. Noun. The cognitive process of supposing.
Generic synonyms: Conjecture
Specialized synonyms: Presupposition
Derivative terms: Suppose, Suppose, Suppose, Suppose, Suppositional
Definition of Supposal
1. n. The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.
Definition of Supposal
1. Noun. The act of supposing. ¹
2. Noun. That which is supposed; supposition; opinion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Supposal
1. something supposed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supposal
Literary usage of Supposal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death by Basil Montagu (1812)
"of the tendency it has to produce that mischief, in contemplation of which it
has been made penal in most instances. 3. In the .case of mis-supposal;[c] ..."
2. Knowledge and Reality: A Criticism of Mr. F. H. Bradley's "Principles of Logic" by Bernard Bosanquet (1885)
"To complete the disjunction we add the supposal, " If it is not one, ... I cannot
understand what the supposal adds to what is taken as fact I even doubted ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"That our this place give you leave to prejudice our church with the supposal of it.
Nor do yourselves make this causes or discretion of contentious spirits ..."
4. Familiar Letters to a Gentleman on Several Important Subjects in Religion by Jonathan Dickinson, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1835)
"Upon the one supposal, Christ has performed all the proper conditions of our
justification, and freely bestows the benefit, on our acceptance: whereas, ..."
5. The Law of Estoppel by Lancelot Feilding Everest, Edmund Strode (1884)
"Matters alleged by way of supposal (/) in counts shall not conclude after non-suit:
otherwise it is after judgment given: and after non-suit, ..."
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