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postulatesnounpl. of postulate something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoningone of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists assumptions, givens, hypotheticals, ifs, premises(also premisses), presumptions, presuppositions, suppositions hypotheses, propositions, theories, thesesaxioms, truisms, veritiesbeliefs, canons, doctrines, dogmas(also dogmata), gospels, lawsprecepts, principles, rules, standards, tenetsbases, foundations, groundsconclusions, deductions, inferencesaffirmations, assertions, avouchments, declarationsdicta(also dictums), ipse dixits to take as true or as a fact without actual proofpostulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them assumes, hypothecates, hypothesizes, premises, presumes, presupposes, says, supposes accepts, believes, credits, swallowsconcludes, deduces, gathers, infers, judges, takesconjectures, figures, guesses, reckons(chiefly dialect), surmises, suspects, suspicions(chiefly dialect), thinksconceives, dreams, fancies, imagines, perceives, preconceivesspeculates, theorizesaffirms, alleges, asserts, avers, avouches, avows, claims, contends, declares, insists, maintains, professes takes for granted challenges, controverts, disagrees (with), disbelieves, discounts, discredits, disputes, distrusts, doubts, mistrusts, questions, wonders (about)denies, disavows, disclaims, disowns, rejects, repudiatesbelies, confutes, disproves, rebuts, refutes |