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Noun: givenness  gi-vun-nus
  1. The quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed
    "The givenness of certain axioms in geometry forms the basis for further proofs"

Type of: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness

Encyclopedia: Givenness