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Premiss

noun

A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. Synonyms: assumption, premise.

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"Premiss" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself, begins, with orthodoxy if not with philosophy, by warning the Tories off entirely. "They cannot really profit the nation, or give it what it needs." Perhaps; but suppose we ask for a little reason, just a ghost of a premiss or two for this extensive conclusion? There is no voice, neither any that answers. And then, the Tories dismissed with a wave to all but temporary oblivion (they are to be allowed, it seems, to appear from time to ...

— Matthew Arnold • George Saintsbury

... Starting from the premiss that profit is immoral, the philosopher of British Socialism logically concludes: "The cheapest way of obtaining goods is not to pay for them, and if a buyer can avoid payment for the goods he obtains, he ...

— British Socialism - An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals • J. Ellis Barker

... accounted the general value of this premiss, at least as it concerns my mother I shall ...

— The Strolling Saint • Raphael Sabatini

Words linked to "Premiss" : subsumption, thesis, presuppose, posit, suppose, stipulation, premise, precondition, postulate, major premise, scenario, minor premise, condition, assumption