suppositions in English

noun

1

an uncertain belief.

they were working on the supposition that his death was murder

synonyms: belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption

noun

belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption
hypothesis, speculation, surmise, surmisal, guess, conjecture
assumption, supposal
supposal

Use "suppositions" in a sentence

1. These suppositions may strike those of us who are attracted by empiricism as eminently reasonable.

2. So long as these suppositions were taken seriously, they were not only reassuring, but frequently effective.

3. In the author's view the Lucas supply function comprises an arbitrarily concocted mishmash of conjectures and suppositions.

4. Attuned is the only employee engagement tool based on only what matters most to each person, not standardized suppositions

5. At a rather more humble level of philosophical sophistication, sociologists of crime and deviance have built their theories on similar suppositions.

6. The application of disjunctive syllogism contributes to the judgment of the nature of a case, reduction of investigation areas, and proof of investigation suppositions.

7. Or, then, through his incorrigible indolence, he Apathetically accepts some religious suppositions about the hereafter and calmly goes to sleep, in the sleep of the righteous.: O, entonces, con su incorregible indolencia, acepta apáticamente algunas suposiciones religiosas sobre el más allá, y se va a dormir tranquilo, el sueño de los justos