suppositions
Ideas without proof
Suppositions are things assumed or believed to be true without proof—ideas taken as starting points for reasoning or argument.
A supposition may be a hypothesis, a guess, or a premise accepted for the sake of discussion: The whole theory rests on the supposition that markets behave rationally.
The word often implies uncertainty or tentativeness about what's being proposed.
Beliefs accepted without evidence
- premisesProperty with buildings
- presuppositionsImplicit prior beliefs
- hypothesesProposed explanations to test
- conjecturesUnverified assumptions or theories
postulations · guesswork · surmises · beliefs · expectations · notions · ideas · anticipations
Forming unproven explanations
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
projection · crystal-gazing · prediction · speculation · postulating · hypothesizing · imagining · wondering
Conclusions drawn from evidence
- deductionsConclusions from reasoning
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
- extrapolationsInferences beyond known data
- corollariesPropositions following from others
implications · derivations · judgments · interpretations · syllogisms · argumentation · rationales · thought-processes
presumptions
Beliefs accepted without evidence
- premisesProperty with buildings
- presuppositionsImplicit prior beliefs
- hypothesesProposed explanations to test
conjectures · postulations · guesswork · surmises · beliefs · expectations · notions · ideas · anticipations · preconceptions
theorizing
Forming unproven explanations
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- prognosticationForetelling future events
forecasting · projection · crystal-gazing · prediction · speculation · postulating · hypothesizing · imagining · wondering · musing
inferences
Conclusions drawn from evidence
- deductionsConclusions from reasoning
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
- extrapolationsInferences beyond known data
corollaries · implications · derivations · judgments · interpretations · syllogisms · argumentation · rationales · thought-processes
- logic termsif, then, valid, premises, and
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- verb moodsindicative, subjunctive, imperative, conditional, potential
suppositionsfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
certainties · proofs · realities · truths · verities
suppositionsobservations
Noted perceptions
evidence · empirical data · proof · findings · measurements