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/pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ · noun
An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation..
He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
For instance: a verb might convey someone's evaluation of it as a presupposition. To say ‘they deprived him of a visit to his parents’ presupposes that he wanted to visit (vs. ‘spare him a visit...’).
Use presupposition when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Presupposition means An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation..
Common synonyms include assumption, conjecture, presumption, precondition.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
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