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Noun: presupposition  pree,sú-pu'zi-shun
  1. The act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)
    "Her argument was based on the presupposition that all participants had read the assigned text"

Derived forms: presuppositions

Type of: supposal, supposition

Encyclopedia: Presupposition