presupposition

As nouns the difference between presupposition and entailment

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while entailment is the act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.

As nouns the difference between presupposition and postulate

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while postulate is something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.

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.

As nouns the difference between presupposition and postulation

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while postulation is the act of postulating or something postulated.

As nouns the difference between presumption and presupposition

is that presumption is the act of presuming, or something presumed while presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.

As nouns the difference between presupposition and hypothesis

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while hypothesis is used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.

As nouns the difference between presupposition and axiom

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while axiom is a seemingly {{l/en|self-evident}} or necessary {{l/en|truth}} which is based on {{l/en|assumption}}; a {{l/en|principle}} or {{l/en|proposition}} which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

As a noun presupposition

is presupposition.

As an adjective presuppositional is

of or pertaining to a presupposition.