basic assumption
4
3.3
- noun
- /ˈbeɪsɪk əˈsʌmpʃən/
:
suposición básica
- After all, the most basic assumption of economics is that people act in their own best interest.
- basic assumptions underlie
- the most basic assumptions
- basic assumptions and premises
You know, Kant could have some basic assumptions wrong.
- You know, Kant could have some basic assumptions wrong.
- And I felt like every single time I watched one, some basic assumption that I made about the world was being turned on its head.
- And this leads to really the second basic assumption.
- They take a bunch of stuff, a bunch of basic assumptions as agreement, and they heatedly argue about certain ideas.
- And if if that's the basic assumption, then you should abandoned Swash of the vacuum, ask the physical choice of the vacuum.
- You can't apply the same, you know, basic assumptions about the Treaties as you can to an essay like on the standard of of taste.
- We have to, at the end of the day, it just seems to me you have to assume by Fiat certain basic assumptions for how society ought to live.
Examples
-
We learned the principle that mutual mistake as to a basic assumption renders a contract unenforceable.
-
Recent research has questioned the basic assumptions upon which these rewards are based.
Academic text (1992) -
So these are are two basic assumptions about the process.
-
The question is: do we have our basic assumptions correct?
Academic text (1993) -
As a result, many of our most basic assumptions about ourselves and society are false.
Blog text (27) -
During the last decade, many archaeologists have begun to question certain basic assumptions about their discipline.
Academic text (1996) -
But now, as she watched Noah rowing, she questioned this basic assumption.
Fiction book (1996) -
The intellectual climate represented by postmodernity challenges the most basic assumptions on which Christian theology has relied to express Christian self-understanding.
Academic text (2003) -
The success of the project relied on the basic assumption that all team members would participate actively.
-
One basic assumption in critical thinking is that opinions should be supported by evidence.
Synonyms
513
3.5
A belief people accept as true without proof
365
5.9
An idea accepted as true that supports an argument
182
3.5
The basic ideas and facts that support a belief, plan, or system
35
5.8
An idea accepted as true without proof used as a basis for thinking or action
30
7.5
A basic statement accepted as true and used as a starting point for reasoning
23
7.3
An idea that people accept as true without proof
22
2.7
An important rule or idea that forms the base for other knowledge
18
4.2
The basic principles that support a system, idea, or group
5
7.7
A belief people accept as true before they discuss something
4
8.1
An idea accepted as true without proof and used to build a theory
1
9.3
An idea people accept without proof and use to build an argument
1
9.4
A basic idea that something is built on
How Fundamental
22
2.7
4
3.3
513
3.5
138
6.1
16
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'basic' (fundamental, core) with 'assumption' (a supposition accepted without proof), so its meaning 'a fundamental supposition that underlies an argument or theory' is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional structure is common across languages and follows normal adjective+noun semantics, so a B1 learner who knows the two words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Basic assumption gives the image of a building: basic is the low base and assumption is a belief placed on it. That's why it means 'a fundamental idea taken for granted'.