assumption
noun/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
Etymology From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”) (whence -ion), from Latin assūmō (whence as- (“assimilated form of ad-”). See also assume. Doublet of assumptio.
7 senses
- 1The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the…
- 2The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing…
- 3The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed…
- 4The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- 5The taking of a person up into heaven.
- 6A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary…
- 7Assumptio.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.1976, “The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
- Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “William Tyndale other wise Called William Hychins vnto the Reader”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio xix, recto:
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
Rhetoric Assumptio.
- Derived terms
- assumption of risk, Assumption Parish, deed of assumption, heroic assumption, misassumption, non-assumption, nonassumption, preassumption, reassumption, self-assumption, subassumption
- Related terms
- assume, assumptive