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Definition of Postulate
Postulate
Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.

The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

Postulated.

To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.

To take without express consent; to assume.

To invite earnestly; to solicit.

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The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion.
Elihu Root

The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.
Elihu Root

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
Lukas Foss

If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research.
Chauncey Wright

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
Ernest Renan



Postulate Translations
postulate in Afrikaans is vereis
postulate in Danish is fordre
postulate in Dutch is eisen, rekenen, vereisen, opeisen
postulate in Finnish is vaatia
postulate in French is exiger
postulate in German is Postulat, fordern
postulate in Portuguese is postulado


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