Get to know Postulation better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like predication or declaration.
Postulation meaning
- The act of postulating or something postulated.
- Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.
- The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation.
Synonyms of Postulation
Using Postulation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of postulating or something postulated. | Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument. | The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation.
- Useful related words include: predication, declaration, request, petition.
- In the example corpus, postulation often appears in combinations such as: postulation of, his postulation, the postulation.
Context around Postulation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Postulation
- In this selection, "postulation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, provisional and coming stand out and add context to how "postulation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after his postulation of the and brown s postulation of a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "postulation" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with postulation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This postulation coming from the Architect is strange and far from the truth. (13 words)
In accommodation of that provisional postulation, the centrifugal and Coriolis forces are introduced. (13 words)
However, reacting to the President’s postulation, some Nigerians on social media, expressed divergent opinions. (15 words)
It also sheds light on human evolution; for example, analysis of variation in the human mitochondrial genome has led to the postulation of a recent common ancestor for all humans on the maternal line of descent (see Mitochondrial Eve ). (39 words)
In both these papers, when Freud tried to distinguish between his conception of the unconscious and those that predated psychoanalysis, he found it in his postulation of ideas that are simultaneously latent and operative. (34 words)
The postulation that: “Teachers Rewards Are in Heaven,” a common submission in some Nigerian societies that gives credence to the fact that teachers are regarded as personal non-grata. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
This postulation coming from the Architect is strange and far from the truth.
The postulation that: “Teachers Rewards Are in Heaven,” a common submission in some Nigerian societies that gives credence to the fact that teachers are regarded as personal non-grata.
However, reacting to the President’s postulation, some Nigerians on social media, expressed divergent opinions.
It is also a manifestation of the postulation of Fredrick Forsyth which posits that: “sincerity and politics are diametrically opposed”.
A theory can be normative (or prescriptive), citation meaning a postulation about what ought to be.
At the end of 1930, shortly after his postulation of the neutrino and immediately following his divorce in November, Pauli had a severe breakdown.
Following Raymond Brown 's postulation of a Johannine community having been responsible for John's gospel and letters, R. Brown, The Gospel According to John The Anchor Bible.
His postulation of embryonic development coincides with his understanding of evolution as a developmental process.
In accommodation of that provisional postulation, the centrifugal and Coriolis forces are introduced.
In both these papers, when Freud tried to distinguish between his conception of the unconscious and those that predated psychoanalysis, he found it in his postulation of ideas that are simultaneously latent and operative.
In physics, his postulation that the indefinite (or apeiron ) was the source of all things led Greek philosophy to a new level of conceptual abstraction.
It also sheds light on human evolution; for example, analysis of variation in the human mitochondrial genome has led to the postulation of a recent common ancestor for all humans on the maternal line of descent (see Mitochondrial Eve ).
Common combinations with postulation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- postulation of 6×
- his postulation 4×
- the postulation 3×
- postulation that 2×