postulat

Usage

• expostulate

  If you expostulate with someone, you express strong disagreement with or disapproval of what that person is doing.

• postulate

  If you postulate something, you assert that it is true without proof; therefore, it can be used as a basis for argument or reasoning—even though there is no factual basis for the assumption.

• expostulation

  the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

• postulate(n.)

  (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning