suppositious
- adjective
- /səˈpɒzɪʃəs/
:
supositorio
Examples
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Suppositious retreat, the spasmic thumps thrown in on the bass drum, tended to be consistent with suspended spill, a suppositious wave rolling back upon itself to pull back what ground one thought there was.
Fiction book (1997) -
Suppositious retreat, the spasmic thumps thrown in on the bass drum, tended to be consistent with suspended spill, a suppositious wave rolling back upon itself to pull back what ground one thought there was.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the second form, a woman married another woman in order to augment kinship ties (e.g., a wife bore children for her female husband; a wife bore children for deceased, suppositious, or childless kin of her female husband; a woman married her brother's daughter.
Academic text (1998) -
The suppositious wave I turned around and saw was intimated, ever so exactingly meted out, by the drumroll Drennette now sustained, a roll which required all but acrobatic skill, so at odds with the suspended spill it appeared she was in.
Fiction book (1997) -
Many theories about the origins of the universe are merely suppositious, lacking concrete evidence.
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The detective dismissed the suppositious claims as unsubstantiated and unreliable.
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Her argument was based on suppositious grounds, with no factual support to back it up.
Synonyms
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6.9
Not proved and used for discussion or testing
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7.5
Not supported by facts or proof
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5.0
Has no facts or good reasons to support it
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5.0
Not backed by facts or proof
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8.2
Made as a guess when there is little evidence
Based mainly on guesswork rather than proven facts
Based on an idea rather than on solid proof
Based on guessing rather than on good evidence
An idea people use as a guess for testing or discussion
Not able to be proved with evidence
Does not use observation or real-world facts
Thought to be true but often doubted
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
suppositious = supposition (semi-transparent) = supposit + ious
The connection to 'supposition' is clear, but the adjective form 'suppositious' is less commonly used and may not be immediately recognizable.
Etymology
Suppositious comes from the same root as suppose and supposition, and from Latin parts sub- 'under' and ponere 'to place'. Think of an idea 'placed under' the facts — it is only a guess, not proven, so a suppositious claim is based on a guess, not on solid evidence.