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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

전제

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeonje

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Presupposition/ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 주장은 특정한 전제를 바탕으로 하고 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse.

    "The question 'When did you stop smoking?' carries the presupposition that you used to smoke."
  2. 2

    Something that is tacitly assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument, course of action, or study.

    "Their entire economic model rests on the presupposition of infinite resource growth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'praesuppositio', combining the prefix 'prae-' (before) and 'supponere' (to place under, suppose). Entered English in the late 14th century via Old French, evolving from a philosophical term regarding foundational assumptions into a core concept in modern linguistics and pragmatics.

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