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Uncommon
adj
•
Based upon a
hypothesis
;
conjectural
•
In Philosophy:
conditional
;
contingent
upon some hypothesis/antecedent
noun
•
A
hypothetical
situation
or
proposition
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English
ὑποθετικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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