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Theorem

That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.

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Idea 76% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Assumption noun · 86% connection

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Axiom adjective · 86% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Converse verb · 86% connection

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.

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Disproof noun · 86% connection

A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.

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Evidence noun · 86% connection

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…

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Falsification noun · 86% connection

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Fractal noun · 86% connection

A pattern whose structure repeats at different scales.

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Intellect noun · 86% connection

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…

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Lead noun · 86% connection

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and…

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Lemma noun · 86% connection

A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as i…

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Negation adverb · 86% connection

The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or…

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Particular adjective · 86% connection

Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; sin…

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Posit verb · 86% connection

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Postulate noun · 86% connection

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-eviden…

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Premise noun · 86% connection

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a…

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Antinomy noun · 78% connection

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

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Archy adjective · 78% connection

Arched; as, archy brows.

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Cistercian noun · 78% connection

A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For tw…

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Conventionalizw verb · 78% connection

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: considered, established, principle, hence, rule.
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Criterion noun · 78% connection

A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming…

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Custom noun · 78% connection

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or livin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: considered, established, principle, hence, rule.
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Customary adjective · 78% connection

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

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Declivity noun · 78% connection

Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the sam…

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Deviation noun · 78% connection

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the…

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Disestablishment noun · 78% connection

The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the st…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: considered, established, principle, hence, rule.
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due process noun · 78% connection

The right to a fair legal process.

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Due process of law noun · 78% connection

(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be depr…

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