supposition

The act of supposing.

Something supposed; an assumption.

The act and mental result of hypothetical inference; that act of mind by which a likelihood is admitted in a proposition on account of the truth of its consequences; a presumption.

The act and mental result of formulating a proposition, without reference to its truth or falsity, for the sake of tracing out its consequences; a hypothesis.

In logic, the way in which a name is to be understood in a given proposition, in reference to its standing for an object of this or that class.

Substitution.

See the adjectives.

The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.

Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture