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‖ ex hypothesi, advb. phr.|ɛks haɪˈpɒθɪsaɪ|
[mod.L.]
From or according to the hypothesis; as a result of the assumptions made; supposedly, hypothetically.
1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. 211 The Spring and neape tides, the foure seasons of the yere, with infinite like, they are phisically necessarie, they are ineuitable ex hypothesi. 1694J. Howe Enq. conc. Trinity 49 Yet that necessity not being absolute, but ex hypothesi only. a1734North Exam. (1740) i. iii. 215 The Jury, ex Hypothesi..inclined on the Plot Side. 1829Edin. Rev. Oct. 219 The universe, ex hypothesi, is only an effect. 1887Athenæum 1 Oct. 430/2 A people to whom it was ex hypothesi unknown. 1941W. Temple Citizen & Churchman ii. 33 Inasmuch as ex hypothesi there is no God for the State to serve, the State becomes an absolute. 1945R. Knox God & Atom vi. 82 To give priority to Something which, ex hypothesi, claims absolute priority. |