Postulate vs Notion - What's the difference?
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Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.
A fundamental element; a basic principle.
(logic) An axiom.
A requirement; a prerequisite.
To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
* 1883 , , Prop. XXII,
* 1911 , Encyclopædia Britannica , "",
(ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
* 1874 , John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld , Vol 1,
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.
Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
* (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)
* (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)
* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
* (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)
A sentiment; an opinion.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)
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(label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.
(label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.
(label) Inclination; intention; disposition.
As nouns the difference between postulate and notion
is that postulate is something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument while notion is mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.As a verb postulate
is to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.As an adjective postulate
is postulated.postulate
English
(wikipedia postulate)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(postulat)- But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause;
- [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.
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- [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination was never completed.
notion
Noun
(en noun)- What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.
- Few agree in their notions about these words.
- That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.
- Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.
- The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
- A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
George Goodchild