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premise

noun as in hypothesis, argument

verb as in hypothesize

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ThinkProgress calls the premise “uncomfortable and vaguely sad.”

The premise was simple: satire is devastating against tyrants.

The premise of the sketch was that sex was too spontaneous to be regulated, and the quiz show played that idea to the hilt.

But its premise—that jazz artists take themselves far too seriously—would get repeated again and again in subsequent days.

The only thing more horrifying than the premise of this video is the resolution.

He based this plan upon the premise that democracy would be more successful if greater numbers of individuals were educated.

Aristotle reasoned without sufficient certainty of the major premise of his syllogisms.

Minor premise: Socrates is a man, including an individual in the general class.

The major term is usually the predicate of the major premise and the predicate of the conclusion.

If the major premise of this syllogism be granted, the conclusion is unquestionable.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to premise, such as: assertion, assumption, basis, ground, presumption, and proposition.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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