premising
Laying groundwork first
Premising is the act of establishing a premise—a foundational statement or assumption from which an argument proceeds.
In logic and rhetoric, premising sets up the propositions that support a conclusion: Premising that all humans are mortal, we can deduce that Socrates will die.
More broadly, it means basing something on a prior assumption: The plan was premised on continued funding.
Underlying support or principle
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- groundingConnecting to earth
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- frameworkUnderlying support system
bedrock · footing · starting point · predicate · establishing · setting up · building upon · baseline
Belief without proof
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- postulationAssuming something as given
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
axiom · given · stipulation · precondition · belief · speculation · theorizing · surmise
basis
Underlying support or principle
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- groundingConnecting to earth
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
framework · bedrock · footing · starting point · predicate · establishing · setting up · building upon · baseline · cornerstone
supposition
Belief without proof
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- postulationAssuming something as given
conjecture · axiom · given · stipulation · precondition · belief · speculation · theorizing · surmise · presumption
proposition
Statement expressing a judgment
syllogism · deduction · induction · conclusion · validity · soundness · rhetoric · dialectic · persuasion · counterargument
premisingconcluding
Bringing to an end
inferring · deducing · deriving · drawing conclusions · arriving at
premisingdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
rejecting · disputing · challenging · refuting · questioning
mission, permission, missile, emit, transmit, premise, remit, premises, premised