Postulation

Word POSTULATION
Character 11
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Definitions and meanings of "Postulation"

What do we mean by postulation?

The act of postulating or something postulated.

Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.

The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation.

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The word "postulation" in example sentences

If the "earn them on one hunt, collect them on another" postulation is true -- all I can say is that I've been building up an exponential payday over the past 7 years! ❋ Unknown (2009)

A postulation is a petition presented to a competent ecclesiastical superior, that he may promote to a certain dignity a person who is not strictly eligible on account of some canonical impediment which is usually dispensable. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

A postulation that it began with the cell and that it was designed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But getting back to the reason why I pasted the quote into this comment, this is the only postulation in the book that Behe makes in regards to the origin of life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In response to your postulation that “when managed properly, human hunters, predators, and a healthy, natural ecosystem can all coexist” I must agree with you, based on the reality of rational, empirical science. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cox and Forshaw take us through more than a century of postulation and exploration, ending with the mystery of the Higgs boson, a particle that may account for the masses of other subatomic particles. ❋ Richard Lea (2011)

But that private view (still a postulation, not even an hypothesis in my mind) is not helped when I read the latest on climate data. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Syādvāda, an ancient Jainist doctrine of 7-fold postulation, allows you a multiplicity of angles of seeing reality. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And thus it is our task to give you the latest hopeful postulation on the subject of Wayne Rooney's marriage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But even if there is no explicit postulation of affect, the term deeply implies a negative reaction in its connotations, its associations with the other-worldly, the unnatural, the eery, the eldritch, the unheimlich. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

Reasoned argument is important, logic is crucial, and the postulation of theories and principles is unavoidable in the philosophic quest, but taking seriously the full range of human experience is just as important, and indeed necessary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is an interesting postulation and I imagine one that excites demographers and crime statisticians, especially if you widen the question and compare rates of such offenses across a whole board of different legal frameworks for gun ownership. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I read some postulation that Oort cloud or Kuyper belt objects are displaced by passing stars and give rise to periodic cometary bombardments in which case this must be fairly common in other solar systems ❋ Unknown (2009)

So how do you make the postulation that there is no such thing a randomness? ❋ Unknown (2007)

If I were to assume that your postulation was possible and that god is a great pretender (although almighty and allknowing doesn't lend itself it being a liar), and that he put All of This in place, is he still necessary? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mouret's lack of inquiry into his own postulation makes him complacent, and it makes Shall We Kiss tedious. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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