Definition of Postulation

1. Noun. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument.

Exact synonyms: Predication
Category relationships: Logic
Generic synonyms: Declaration
Derivative terms: Postulate, Predicate, Predicate

2. Noun. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
Exact synonyms: Petition, Request
Specialized synonyms: Application, Appeal, Collection, Ingathering, Solicitation, Demand
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Petition, Petitionary, Request

Definition of Postulation

1. n. The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

Definition of Postulation

1. Noun. The act of postulating or something postulated ¹

2. Noun. (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postulation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postulation

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Literary usage of Postulation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thought and Things: A Study of the Development and Meaning of Thought, Or by James Mark Baldwin (1908)
"RESUME OF MODES OF IMPLICATION AND Postulation 53. ... Postulation applies to the whole sphere of further question or assumption, the hypothetical ..."

2. Canonical Elections by Daniel Michael Galliher (1917)
"CHAPTER VII Postulation In ancient law there was but very little difference between the election and postulation of ecclesiastical prelates, for these words ..."

3. The Government of Religious Communities: A Commentary on Three Chapters of by Hector Papi (1919)
"Postulation (election by petition) 81. In case the person whom the electors judge ... When there is question of the election of superiors, this postulation ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Postulation: In canon law a legalized procedure of choosing a higher ... Through postulation (postulo), petition is made for the availability of the person ..."

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