assumption
Taken for granted
An assumption is something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof: The plan rests on the assumption that costs will stay stable.
In logic and argument, assumptions are the unstated premises underlying a conclusion.
The assumption of a role or responsibility is the act of taking it on: her assumption of the presidency.
In Catholic doctrine, the Assumption refers to the Virgin Mary's bodily elevation to heaven, but lowercase assumption can describe any such taking up.
That's a big assumption to make.
Firmly held belief
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- notionImprecise mental impression
- impressionEffect on the mind
understanding · perception · mindset · worldview · bias · prejudice · stereotype · generalization
Testable proposed explanation
- suppositionBelief without proof
- postulateAssumed starting point
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
proposition · thesis · speculation · axiom · given · precondition · starting point · foundation
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- undertakingTask one commits to
- dutyRequired moral task
- rolePosition or part
takeover · acquisition · acceptance · shouldering · adoption · mantle · succession · incumbency
Excessive self-importance
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
- chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
impertinence · boldness · forwardness · overconfidence · conceit · effrontery · nerve · temerity
conviction
Firmly held belief
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- notionImprecise mental impression
impression · understanding · perception · mindset · worldview · bias · prejudice · stereotype · generalization · misconception
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- suppositionBelief without proof
- postulateAssumed starting point
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
conjecture · proposition · thesis · speculation · axiom · given · precondition · starting point · foundation · basis
responsibility
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- undertakingTask one commits to
- dutyRequired moral task
role · takeover · acquisition · acceptance · shouldering · adoption · mantle · succession · incumbency · liability
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
chutzpah · impertinence · boldness · forwardness · overconfidence · conceit · effrontery · nerve · temerity · impudence
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- guessingguess, prediction, hypothesis, conjecture, speculation
- public opinionpublic opinion, public sentiment, polls, poll, approval
- guessworkguesswork, educated guess, educated guesses, conjecture, speculation
- hypotheseshypothesis, conjecture, supposition, postulate, premise
- mental shortcutsmental shortcut, rule of thumb, hunch, gut feeling, educated guess
assumptionproof
Demonstration of truth
fact · certainty · evidence · knowledge · verification
assumptiondoubt
Lack of firm belief
skepticism · questioning · uncertainty · self-doubt · inquiry
assumptionhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · unpretentiousness · unassumingness · meekness · lowliness
- false assumptionIncorrect foundational belief
- wrong assumptionBelief that proves false
- working assumptions
- assumption of riskLegal consent to danger
- questioning assumptionsExamining unexamined beliefs
- erroneous assumptionIncorrect belief underlying reasoning