postulation

noun

pos·​tu·​la·​tion

plural -s

1

a

: an act of postulating

the postulation of surviving spirits might look plausible

—A. G. N. Flew

b

: postulate, assumption

admit as a postulation

2

: a formal petition of a plaintiff in Roman law to the praetor for leave to prosecute an action or to make an accusation

Word History

Etymology

Middle English postulacion, from Middle French postulation, from Medieval Latin postulation-, postulatio, from Latin, demand, request, from postulatus + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for postulation

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation