Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for postulate

Antonyms for postulate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt

Definition of postulate

Origin :
  • 1530s, "nominate to a church office," from Medieval Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare "to ask, demand; claim; require," probably formed from past participle of Latin poscere "ask urgently, demand," from *posk-to-, Italic inchoative of PIE root *prek- "to ask questions" (cf. Sanskrit prcchati, Avestan peresaiti "interrogates," Old High German forskon, German forschen "to search, inquire"). Use in logic dates from 1640s, borrowed from Medieval Latin.
  • verb suppose, figure
Example sentences :
  • Those who try to believe it postulate that they shall be made perfect first.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • A first postulate is, therefore, the equality of the two sexes before the law.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Since Logic derives from postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate.
  • Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
  • The Captain acceded to my postulate, and accepted my friend as a corollary.
  • Extract from : « Pages From an Old Volume of Life » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • When you wish to behold protectors you must postulate dangers.
  • Extract from : « The Crack of Doom » by Robert Cromie
  • Postulate action, and the very form of the intellect can be deduced from it.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • This I postulate: if demonstration is necessary, demonstration is at hand.
  • Extract from : « Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians » by John Wesley Powell
  • We take up now the question of ideas, and postulate again that these too must conform both to the subject and to men's character.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams » by Pierre Nicole
  • He receives as a postulate that which I must have demonstrated.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 » by Various
  • They360 require unity of result; they postulate a multitude of agents.
  • Extract from : « Modern Skepticism » by C. J. Ellicott

Synonyms for postulate

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019