Tenets vs Assumption - What's the difference?
tenets | assumption |
* Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism; at least it's an ethos. -Walter Sopchak (The Big Lebowski, 1998)
The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10
, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
As nouns the difference between tenets and assumption
is that tenets is while assumption is the act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up|taking up or adopting.tenets
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Noun
(head)assumption
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
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