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nonassumptions

nonassumptions is the plural of nonassumption.

Meaning of nonassumption

Noun

nonassumption (countable and uncountable, plural nonassumptions)

  1. The failure to take up, adopt, or take responsibility for.
    • His nonassumption of the Baronetcy certainly throws some doubt on the validity of his mother's marriage, but the issue thereof was recognised by the parents of the father, whose mother, “Noble Marie Kinloch, neé de Rochead,” was, in 1732, sponsor to the 1st child, and whose father 9the 4th Baronet(...1904 -, Complete Baronetage: English, Irish and Scottish, 1665-1707, page 347
  2. The failure to accept as true without proof.
    • Although the material deduction presupposes the formal deduction, the latter does not predetermine the method to be used for performing the former. The success of the formal deduction does not depend on the assumption or nonassumption of the principle of the identity of the unity of apperception...1995, Russian Studies in Philosophy - Volume 34, page 363
  3. Something that is not assumed to be true without proof.
    • Understanding the playing field, including assumptions and nonassumptions.2012, Theresa L. Harris, George Taylor, Raising African-American Males, →ISBN

Questions about nonassumptions

What is nonassumptions the plural of?
Nonassumptions is the plural of nonassumption.

Words near nonassumptions in the dictionary

  1. nonassociative
  2. nonassociatively
  3. nonassociativity
  4. nonassortative
  5. nonassumption
  6. nonassumptions
  7. nonassurance
  8. nonasterisked
  9. nonasthma
  10. nonasthmatic
  11. nonasthmatics

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