"postulation" meaning in English

See postulation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: postulations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} postulation (countable and uncountable, plural postulations)
  1. The act of postulating or something postulated. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-postulation-en-noun--~I5P5u- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 29 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 27 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 10 7
  2. (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-postulation-en-noun-n1fBj6xQ Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  3. (obsolete) The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-postulation-en-noun-p5xFD2CL

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "postulations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "postulation (countable and uncountable, plural postulations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 29 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 27 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 10 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of postulating or something postulated."
      ],
      "id": "en-postulation-en-noun--~I5P5u-",
      "links": [
        [
          "postulating",
          "postulate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Logic",
          "orig": "en:Logic",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Philosophy",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument."
      ],
      "id": "en-postulation-en-noun-n1fBj6xQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "self-evident",
          "self-evident"
        ],
        [
          "assumed",
          "assumed"
        ],
        [
          "basis",
          "basis"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation."
      ],
      "id": "en-postulation-en-noun-p5xFD2CL",
      "links": [
        [
          "solicitation",
          "solicitation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "postulation"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "postulations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "postulation (countable and uncountable, plural postulations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of postulating or something postulated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "postulating",
          "postulate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Logic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "self-evident",
          "self-evident"
        ],
        [
          "assumed",
          "assumed"
        ],
        [
          "basis",
          "basis"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "solicitation",
          "solicitation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "postulation"
}

Download raw JSONL data for postulation meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.