postulation

English Thesaurus

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	content, message, subject matter, substance,
definition	:	what a communication that is about something is about (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	application,
definition	:	a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	appeal, collection, ingathering, solicitation,
definition	:	request for a sum of money (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	demand,
definition	:	an urgent or peremptory request (noun.communication)

2. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	declaration,
definition	:	a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) (noun.communication)

domain category	:	logic,
definition	:	the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference (noun.cognition)

3. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority (noun.communication)

derivation	:	request,
definition	:	ask (a person) to do something (verb.communication)

derivation	:	petition,
definition	:	write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing (verb.communication)

derivation	:	petitionary,
definition	:	of the nature of or expressing a petition (adj.all)

4. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument (noun.communication)

derivation	:	posit, postulate,
definition	:	take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	connote, predicate,
definition	:	involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic (verb.communication)

derivation	:	predicate, proclaim,
definition	:	affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of (verb.communication)

5. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority (noun.communication)

derivation	:	request,
definition	:	ask (a person) to do something (verb.communication)

derivation	:	petition,
definition	:	write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing (verb.communication)

derivation	:	petitionary,
definition	:	of the nature of or expressing a petition (adj.all)

6. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument (noun.communication)

derivation	:	posit, postulate,
definition	:	take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	connote, predicate,
definition	:	involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic (verb.communication)

derivation	:	predicate, proclaim,
definition	:	affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of (verb.communication)