Associations to the word «Postulation»

Wiktionary

POSTULATION, noun. The act of postulating or something postulated
POSTULATION, noun. (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument

Dictionary definition

POSTULATION, noun. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument.
POSTULATION, noun. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn