predication

1. 1.

   (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

   Synonymspostulation

   Broaderdeclaration

   logic

Other forms of predication

plural

predications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about predication

What does predication mean?

predication means "(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument".

How many syllables are in predication?

predication has 5 syllables: pre-di-ca-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for predication?

Close synonyms include postulation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is predication a common word?

predication is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.