predicating
Basing a statement
Predicating is asserting or stating something as true.
In logic and grammar, to predicate is to affirm a quality or attribute of a subject: The argument predicating human rationality.
More broadly, predicating means basing or founding something on a condition or assumption: Success predicating on hard work, a theory predicating the existence of dark matter.
Declaring something true
- declaringFormally stating something
- statingExpressing in words
- proclaimingAnnouncing something formally
- claimingDeclaring to be true
positing · asserting · averring · maintaining · contending · postulating · hypothesizing · presupposing
Connecting to earth
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- establishingCreating or setting up
- restingIn a state of stillness
- hingingTurning on a joint
conditioning · depending · building · anchoring · rooting · premising · contingent · underlying
Matter under discussion
- clauseProvision in agreement
- verbAction-expressing word
- complementWhat makes complete
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
syntax · object · nominative · copula · agreement · structure · modification · attribution
Words expressing quantity
- propositionalOf logical statements
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- antecedentSomething that precedes
consequent · deduction · first-order · variables · constants · domain · truth-value · argument
affirming
Declaring something true
- declaringFormally stating something
- statingExpressing in words
- proclaimingAnnouncing something formally
claiming · positing · asserting · averring · maintaining · contending · postulating · hypothesizing · presupposing · alleging
grounding
Connecting to earth
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- establishingCreating or setting up
- restingIn a state of stillness
hinging · conditioning · depending · building · anchoring · rooting · premising · contingent · underlying · supposing
subject
Matter under discussion
- clauseProvision in agreement
- verbAction-expressing word
- complementWhat makes complete
sentence · syntax · object · nominative · copula · agreement · structure · modification · attribution · conjugating
quantifiers
Words expressing quantity
- propositionalOf logical statements
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
antecedent · consequent · deduction · first-order · variables · constants · domain · truth-value · argument · validity
predicatingdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
negating · refuting · repudiating · contradicting · disproving
predicatingdissociating
Mentally separating from awareness
decoupling · disconnecting · detaching · separating · isolating
predicatingquestioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
doubting · challenging · disputing · querying · interrogating