posits
Assumes as fact
Posits is the third-person singular of posit, meaning to put forward as fact or as a basis for argument.
Someone who posits something assumes or proposes it, often as a starting point for reasoning: The theory posits that language shapes thought.
The word carries a slightly formal or academic tone, common in philosophical and scientific writing.
Declares something true
- declaresStates openly and firmly
- statesModes of being
- maintainsKeeps in condition
- contendsStrives in opposition
argues · insists · claims · proposes · suggests · advances · sets forth · submits
Accepts without confirmation
- assumesAccepts as true
- supposesBelieves without certainty
- takes for grantedAssumes without proof
- presupposesTakes for granted
conjectures · surmises · speculates · infers · guesses · imagines · believes · expects
Forms explanatory conjectures
- philosophizesReflects on fundamental questions
- abstractsCondensed versions of documents
- conceptualizesForms mental abstractions
- reasonsBases for conclusions
deduces · induces · infers · rationalizes · systematizes · formulates · constructs · propounds
Property with buildings
- basesBottom supports or stations
- groundsBasis for justification
- foundsCreates and establishes
- establishesCreates or sets up
predicates · builds upon · rests upon · anchors · roots · underpins · supports · substantiates
affirms
Declares something true
contends · argues · insists · claims · proposes · suggests · advances · sets forth · submits · proffers
presumes
Accepts without confirmation
- assumesAccepts as true
- supposesBelieves without certainty
- takes for grantedAssumes without proof
presupposes · conjectures · surmises · speculates · infers · guesses · imagines · believes · expects · anticipates
theorizes
Forms explanatory conjectures
- philosophizesReflects on fundamental questions
- abstractsCondensed versions of documents
- conceptualizesForms mental abstractions
reasons · deduces · induces · infers · rationalizes · systematizes · formulates · constructs · propounds · espouses
premises
Property with buildings
establishes · predicates · builds upon · rests upon · anchors · roots · underpins · supports · substantiates · justifies
positsproves
Establishes truth of
demonstrates · establishes · confirms · verifies · substantiates
positsquestions
Requests for information
doubts · challenges · queries · interrogates · contests
- stay positiveMaintain a hopeful mindset
- be positiveMaintain hopeful attitude
- think positiveMaintain hopeful mental attitude
- fetal positionCurled, knees drawn up
- in positionCorrectly situated, prepared
- positive thinkingHopeful mental outlook
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