Proposition
Proposition noun - An idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation.
Postulate is a synonym for proposition in assumption topic. In some cases you can use "Postulate" instead the word "Proposition" as a noun or a verb.
Postulate
Postulate noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.
Usage example: one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists
Proposition is a synonym for postulate. Sometimes you can use "Proposition" instead the word "Postulate" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- solicit and proposition
- solicit and postulate
- principle and proposition
- principle and postulate
- ask and proposition
- ask and postulate
- idea and proposition
- idea and postulate
- conjecture and proposition
- conjecture and postulate
- advance and proposition
- advance and postulate
- basis and proposition
- basis and postulate
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