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SUPPOSITIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suppositious mean?
• SUPPOSITIOUS (adjective)
The adjective SUPPOSITIOUS has 1 sense:
1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Familiarity information: SUPPOSITIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Synonyms:
conjectural; divinatory; hypothetic; hypothetical; supposed; suppositional; suppositious; supposititious
Context example:
hypothetical situation
Similar:
theoretic; theoretical (concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations)
Derivation:
supposition (a hypothesis that is taken for granted)
supposition (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)
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