"suppositions" in the noun sense
1. guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
2. assumption, supposition, supposal
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
"any society is built upon certain assumptions"
3. supposition, supposal
the cognitive process of supposing
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