hypothesisn.

Brit.

/hʌɪˈpɒθᵻsᵻs/,

/hᵻˈpɒθᵻsᵻs/, U.S.

/haɪˈpɑθəsəs/

Forms: Plural hypotheses /-siːz/.

Etymology: < Greek ὑπόθεσις foundation, base; hence, basis of an argument, supposition, also, subject matter, etc., < ὑπό under + θέσις placing.

†1.

a. A subordinate particular thesis involved in a general thesis; a particular case of a general proposition. In quot. 1596, a particular or detailed statement. Cf. French hypothèse (sense 3 in Littré). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > universal proposition > subsidiary proposition

subalternc1475

particulara1500

lemma1570

hypothesis1596

subalternate1651

under-proposition1691

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > specific or detailed mention, enumeration, etc. > a detailed statement

hypothesis1596

1596 Earl of Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 137 If I be commaunded to sett doune the Hypothesis, or to descend into particulars.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 10 The compound Theme is also (a) speciall, or (b) generall: (a) Hypothesis; (b) Thesis.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 204 To amplifie a speciall or particular sentence, called hypothesis.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 24 Without descending from the thesis to the hypothesis.

a1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1884) i. §1. 13 If the thesis be true, the hypothesis will follow.

1734 tr. P. L. M. de Maupertuis Diss. Cœlestial Bodies 49 in J. Keill Exam. Burnet's Theory of Earth (ed. 2) Whence it is plain that there is no Hypothesis wherein the Spheroid is not flat at the Poles.

†b. A proposition laid down; a thesis. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion

questionc1225

pointc1300

propositiona1382

conclusion1393

positiona1398

motivec1400

move1439

gainsay1559

moot point1563

argumenta1568

prop1607

contention1635

corollary1636

hypothesis1669

discursivea1676

contestation1880

submission1884

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. Introd. 1 Endeavoring to promote this Hypothesis.

1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV Pref. It is..impossible..demonstratively to discusse such an hypothesis without some opposition against such as defend the antithesis.

a. A proposition or principle put forth or stated (without any reference to its correspondence with fact) merely as a basis for reasoning or argument, or as a premiss from which to draw a conclusion; a supposition. In Logic, the supposition or condition forming the antecedent or protasis of a conjunctive or conditional proposition (e.g. If A is B, C is D): cf. hypothetical adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > as basis for argument

hypothesis1656

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition

conditional judgement or proposition1532

connex1628

hypothetical1654

hypothesis1656

future contingent1659

hypothetic1698

conditional1828

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s)

premisea1398

antecedenta1425

antecedencea1500

proposition1532

prepositions1647

premisala1651

hypothesis1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Hypothesis, a supposition or condition; sometimes it is taken for a Position of something, as it were demonstrated, and granted by another.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 263 Hypothesis is an argument or matter whereon one may dispute; or it is a conditional proposition.

1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 23 Which being supposed, the outward angle AEF will be greater then the inward angle DFE, to which it was equall by Hypothesis.

1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 3 An Hypothesis is a supposition assumed to be true, in order to argue from, or to found upon it the reasoning and demonstration of some proposition.

1837 C. Babbage 9th Bridgewater Treat. App. E. 180 Collusion being, by hypothesis, out of the question.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 67 The hypothesis is satisfied in the particular case where the rays a and a′ coincide.

b. An actual or possible condition or state of things considered or dealt with as a basis for action; one of several such possible conditions, a case or alternative (cf. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [noun] > basis for action

hypothesis1794

1794 E. Burke Corr. IV. 217 The other hypothesis, upon which the war ought ‘to be carried on with vigour’, though last put, must be preliminary to the other.

1803 Duke of Wellington Let. to Col. Stevenson in Dispatches (1837) I. 545 In each of these last hypotheses, you will observe the necessity that we should be within reach of each other.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. v. 119 Christianity..only sanctions war..upon the hypothesis of a world at discord with herself.

3. A supposition or conjecture put forth to account for known facts; esp. in the sciences, a provisional supposition from which to draw conclusions that shall be in accordance with known facts, and which serves as a starting-point for further investigation by which it may be proved or disproved and the true theory arrived at.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun]

supposition1603

postulate1643

hypothesis1646

system1650

substration1830

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 60 Irons doe manifest a verticity not only upon refrigeration..but (what is wonderfull and advanceth the magneticall hypothesis) they evidence the same by meer position according as..their extreams [are] disposed..unto the earth.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection v. iv. 265 in Justice Vindicated By a perpetuall motion of the Earth from West to East, according to the new Hypotheses in Astronomy, or of the Sun from East to West, after the former Hypotheses.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 82 To make good the Atomical Hypothesis.

1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. i. v. 207 One of the conditions of a good hypothesis is, that it fairly comport..with all other phænomena of nature, as well as those 'tis framed to explicate.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. Diss. i. sig. c3^v A late ingenious critic has advanced an hypothesis, which assigns a new source, and a much earlier date, to these fictions.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. iii. xiv. §4 It appears..to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain an hypothesis, but be of such a nature as to be either proved or disproved by that comparison with observed facts which is termed Verification.

1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 67 Do not allow yourselves to be misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is a hypothesis.

1893 R. S. Ball In High Heavens ix. 212 The celebrated nebular hypotheses of Herschel and of Laplace.

a. A supposition in general; something supposed or assumed to be true without proof or conclusive evidence; an assumption.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > that which is presumed

presupposal1573

presupposition1579

expectation1585

presuppose1592

positum1605

assumpsita1628

assumptiona1628

prolepsis1637

reception1646

hypothesis1655

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 182 The Romanists..began..to cry him [Laud] up for their Proselyte. Upon this hypothesis..they grew excessive proud and insolent.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 352 That no other place in the East-Indies produces Gold..An Hypothesis found mistaken by such as drive a Trade for Gold..towards Cochin-China.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 353 The gift should first be read on the supposition that it is intended to embrace legitimate children, and if there be nothing in the terms..or..context, incompatible with this hypothesis [etc.].

1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) iii. 76 The hypothesis that the Pelasgians were the base of the Greek nation.

b. Hence spec. A groundless or insufficiently grounded supposition; a mere assumption or guess.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [noun] > unfounded

fancy1471

idea1593

conception1614

figment1624

hypothesis1625

notional1653

unding1932

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 87 Which later Astronomers..haue derided, or at least omitted as Hypotheses or suppositions.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. x To build Physick upon Hypotheses.

1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. viii. 199 Your reasoning..seems plausible; but still it is only hypothesis.

1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (ed. 8) v. 46 The statement rests on no hypothesis or conjecture; his [Paul's] Epistles bear testimony to it.

1876 E. Mellor Priesthood i. 14 This explanation of Bellarmine..is a pure hypothesis, for which there is not a shadow of evidence in the New Testament itself.

Derivatives

hyˈpothesist n. one who forms a hypothesis.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > one who forms a hypothesis

put-case1590

hypothesist1788

putter1823

hypothesizer1833

hypothetist1852

hypothetizer1891

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 431 The blank..must remain for some happier hypothesist to fill up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hypothesis
释义	hypothesisn. Brit. /hʌɪˈpɒθᵻsᵻs/, /hᵻˈpɒθᵻsᵻs/, U.S. /haɪˈpɑθəsəs/ Forms: Plural hypotheses /-siːz/. Etymology: < Greek ὑπόθεσις foundation, base; hence, basis of an argument, supposition, also, subject matter, etc., < ὑπό under + θέσις placing. †1. a. A subordinate particular thesis involved in a general thesis; a particular case of a general proposition. In quot. 1596, a particular or detailed statement. Cf. French hypothèse (sense 3 in Littré). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > universal proposition > subsidiary proposition subalternc1475 particulara1500 lemma1570 hypothesis1596 subalternate1651 under-proposition1691 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > specific or detailed mention, enumeration, etc. > a detailed statement hypothesis1596 1596 Earl of Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 137 If I be commaunded to sett doune the Hypothesis, or to descend into particulars. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 10 The compound Theme is also (a) speciall, or (b) generall: (a) Hypothesis; (b) Thesis. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 204 To amplifie a speciall or particular sentence, called hypothesis. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 24 Without descending from the thesis to the hypothesis. a1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1884) i. §1. 13 If the thesis be true, the hypothesis will follow. 1734 tr. P. L. M. de Maupertuis Diss. Cœlestial Bodies 49 in J. Keill Exam. Burnet's Theory of Earth (ed. 2) Whence it is plain that there is no Hypothesis wherein the Spheroid is not flat at the Poles. †b. A proposition laid down; a thesis. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion questionc1225 pointc1300 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 positiona1398 motivec1400 move1439 gainsay1559 moot point1563 argumenta1568 prop1607 contention1635 corollary1636 hypothesis1669 discursivea1676 contestation1880 submission1884 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. Introd. 1 Endeavoring to promote this Hypothesis. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV Pref. It is..impossible..demonstratively to discusse such an hypothesis without some opposition against such as defend the antithesis. 2. a. A proposition or principle put forth or stated (without any reference to its correspondence with fact) merely as a basis for reasoning or argument, or as a premiss from which to draw a conclusion; a supposition. In Logic, the supposition or condition forming the antecedent or protasis of a conjunctive or conditional proposition (e.g. If A is B, C is D): cf. hypothetical adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > as basis for argument hypothesis1656 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition conditional judgement or proposition1532 connex1628 hypothetical1654 hypothesis1656 future contingent1659 hypothetic1698 conditional1828 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) premisea1398 antecedenta1425 antecedencea1500 proposition1532 prepositions1647 premisala1651 hypothesis1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Hypothesis, a supposition or condition; sometimes it is taken for a Position of something, as it were demonstrated, and granted by another. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 263 Hypothesis is an argument or matter whereon one may dispute; or it is a conditional proposition. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 23 Which being supposed, the outward angle AEF will be greater then the inward angle DFE, to which it was equall by Hypothesis. 1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 3 An Hypothesis is a supposition assumed to be true, in order to argue from, or to found upon it the reasoning and demonstration of some proposition. 1837 C. Babbage 9th Bridgewater Treat. App. E. 180 Collusion being, by hypothesis, out of the question. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 67 The hypothesis is satisfied in the particular case where the rays a and a′ coincide. b. An actual or possible condition or state of things considered or dealt with as a basis for action; one of several such possible conditions, a case or alternative (cf. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [noun] > basis for action hypothesis1794 1794 E. Burke Corr. IV. 217 The other hypothesis, upon which the war ought ‘to be carried on with vigour’, though last put, must be preliminary to the other. 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. to Col. Stevenson in Dispatches (1837) I. 545 In each of these last hypotheses, you will observe the necessity that we should be within reach of each other. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. v. 119 Christianity..only sanctions war..upon the hypothesis of a world at discord with herself. 3. A supposition or conjecture put forth to account for known facts; esp. in the sciences, a provisional supposition from which to draw conclusions that shall be in accordance with known facts, and which serves as a starting-point for further investigation by which it may be proved or disproved and the true theory arrived at. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] supposition1603 postulate1643 hypothesis1646 system1650 substration1830 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 60 Irons doe manifest a verticity not only upon refrigeration..but (what is wonderfull and advanceth the magneticall hypothesis) they evidence the same by meer position according as..their extreams [are] disposed..unto the earth. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection v. iv. 265 in Justice Vindicated By a perpetuall motion of the Earth from West to East, according to the new Hypotheses in Astronomy, or of the Sun from East to West, after the former Hypotheses. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 82 To make good the Atomical Hypothesis. 1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. i. v. 207 One of the conditions of a good hypothesis is, that it fairly comport..with all other phænomena of nature, as well as those 'tis framed to explicate. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. Diss. i. sig. c3^v A late ingenious critic has advanced an hypothesis, which assigns a new source, and a much earlier date, to these fictions. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. iii. xiv. §4 It appears..to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain an hypothesis, but be of such a nature as to be either proved or disproved by that comparison with observed facts which is termed Verification. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 67 Do not allow yourselves to be misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is a hypothesis. 1893 R. S. Ball In High Heavens ix. 212 The celebrated nebular hypotheses of Herschel and of Laplace. 4. a. A supposition in general; something supposed or assumed to be true without proof or conclusive evidence; an assumption. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > that which is presumed presupposal1573 presupposition1579 expectation1585 presuppose1592 positum1605 assumpsita1628 assumptiona1628 prolepsis1637 reception1646 hypothesis1655 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 182 The Romanists..began..to cry him [Laud] up for their Proselyte. Upon this hypothesis..they grew excessive proud and insolent. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 352 That no other place in the East-Indies produces Gold..An Hypothesis found mistaken by such as drive a Trade for Gold..towards Cochin-China. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 353 The gift should first be read on the supposition that it is intended to embrace legitimate children, and if there be nothing in the terms..or..context, incompatible with this hypothesis [etc.]. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) iii. 76 The hypothesis that the Pelasgians were the base of the Greek nation. b. Hence spec. A groundless or insufficiently grounded supposition; a mere assumption or guess. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [noun] > unfounded fancy1471 idea1593 conception1614 figment1624 hypothesis1625 notional1653 unding1932 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 87 Which later Astronomers..haue derided, or at least omitted as Hypotheses or suppositions. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. x To build Physick upon Hypotheses. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. viii. 199 Your reasoning..seems plausible; but still it is only hypothesis. 1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (ed. 8) v. 46 The statement rests on no hypothesis or conjecture; his [Paul's] Epistles bear testimony to it. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood i. 14 This explanation of Bellarmine..is a pure hypothesis, for which there is not a shadow of evidence in the New Testament itself. Derivatives hyˈpothesist n. one who forms a hypothesis. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > one who forms a hypothesis put-case1590 hypothesist1788 putter1823 hypothesizer1833 hypothetist1852 hypothetizer1891 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 431 The blank..must remain for some happier hypothesist to fill up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596
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