Associations to the word «Presupposition»

Wiktionary

PRESUPPOSITION, noun. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
PRESUPPOSITION, noun. The act of presupposing.

Dictionary definition

PRESUPPOSITION, noun. The act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky