suppositional

suppositional
adjective
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
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theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural

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the supposed reason for his absence

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suppositious reconstructions of dead languages

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hypothetical situation

Syn:
Similar to: ↑theoretical, ↑theoretic
Derivationally related forms: ↑supposition (for: ↑supposititious), ↑supposition (for: ↑suppositious), ↑supposition, ↑hypothesis (for: ↑hypothetical), ↑conjecture (for: ↑conjectural)

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  • Suppositional — Sup po*si tion*al, a. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suppositional — index apparent (presumptive), assumed (inferred), disputable, doubtful, dubious, hypothetical …   Law dictionary

  • suppositional — adjective see supposition …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • suppositional — See supposition. * * * …   Universalium

  • suppositional — Synonyms and related words: accounted as, alleged, arguable, assumed, assumptive, at issue, confutable, conjectural, conjectured, contestable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deemed, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • suppositional — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. conjectural, hypothetical, presumptive; see theoretical . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential …   English dictionary for students

  • suppositional — sup·po si·tion·al || ‚sÊŒpÉ™ zɪʃənl adj. based on supposition, lacking concrete evidence, conjectural …   English contemporary dictionary

  • suppositional — a. Hypothetical …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • suppositional — sup·po·si·tion·al …   English syllables

  • supposition — suppositional, adj. suppositionally, adv. /sup euh zish euhn/, n. 1. the act of supposing. 2. something that is supposed; assumption; hypothesis. [1400 50; late ME < L supposition (s. of suppositio) substitution (E meaning by assoc. with SUPPOSE) …   Universalium

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