suppositum

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English

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Etymology

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From the past participle of Latin supponere (to suppose).

Noun

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suppositum (uncountable)

  1. (logic) Something supposed to be true; an assumption
    • 1977, David Joel, Weissman - Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence:
      The answer may be that these relation-ships are generated in every possible world, given any suppositum of a certain least complexity.

Latin

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Participle

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suppositum

  1. inflection of suppositus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

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