posit
to place, put, or set.
to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
Origin of posit
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How to use posit in a sentence
Last week scientists from UCLA published a study positing that sex addiction may not be similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
Is Anthony Weiner a Sex Addict, or Is There No Such Thing? | Caroline Linton | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnimal rights philosophers are positing a problem that might have no practical solution.
In technical terminology, also, this is what is meant by "positing" ideas—hardening meanings.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyI seem to be positing the principle of inequality: the reverse of this is the truth.
What is Property? | P. J. ProudhonPositing what protasis would the contraction for such several schemes become a natural and necessary apodosis?
Ulysses | James Joyce
Kant's positing of an 'antinomy' on this point he regarded as wholly without rational justification.
Schopenhauer | Thomas WhittakerThe negation or annulling of sin is the negation of abstract moral rectitude,—the positing of love, mercy, sensuous life.
The Essence of Christianity | Ludwig Feuerbach
British Dictionary definitions for posit
/ (ˈpɒzɪt) /
to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an argument; postulate
to put in position
a fact, idea, etc, that is posited; assumption
Origin of posit
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