presupposition

• Presuposición: sustantivo que designa una suposición o creencia que se acepta como verdadera de antemano, a menudo como base para el razonamiento o la argumentación, incluso sin conocimiento pleno. También se refiere, en lingüística, a lo que se da por sentado implícitamente en un enunciado.

A noun referring to the act of assuming something to be true in advance, often as a basis for reasoning or argument, even without full knowledge.

1. Assumption made beforehandC1formal

   An idea or belief that is assumed to be true before having full knowledge or evidence, often used as a basis for reasoning or argument.

   suposición previa

   • The entire theory rests on the presupposition that all humans are rational.
   • His argument was flawed because it was based on a false presupposition.
   • In philosophy, one must carefully examine the presuppositions underlying any claim.

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