presumption has definitions from the fields of law,psychology,logic
1
[ noun ] an assumption that is taken for granted

Used in print

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

The presumption in the literature would appear to be that the basic wage rate would be unchanged in this case , on the grounds that it is `` clearly '' not in the interest of the industry to raise wages gratuitously .

From this presumption it is an easy step to the conclusion that any observed increases in the basic wage rate must be_due to union behavior different and more aggressive than assumed in our model .

It is this conclusion that we challenge ; we do so by disproving the presumption on which it is based .

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assumption assume

2
[ noun ] (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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inference law

3
[ noun ] a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

Examples

"his presumption was intolerable"

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discourtesy make_bold

4
[ noun ] audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

Examples

"he despised them for their presumptuousness"

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audacity uppityness presume

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