Assumings

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The act of taking something for granted or accepting it as true without proof ; the process of adopting a particular role, position, or responsibility ; the action of presuming or expecting something to be the case based on inference rather than direct evidence
2. An instance of believing something to be true without verification ; the initiation of control or possession of a role or duty ; the state of presupposing conditions or facts without confirmation
3. The behavior of accepting ideas or facts without question ; the commencement of holding a position or undertaking a task ; the tendency to make presumptions or suppositions without solid proof

Etymology: "Assumings" is the plural of "assuming," a form that can work as a noun or a verb. Its meaning in the sense given here, unproven personal beliefs, comes from the verb "assume," which entered English from Latin "assumere," meaning "to take up" or "to take to oneself," built from "ad-" (to) and "sumere" (to take). The sense of taking something on without proof grew naturally from that idea of taking something up as a premise. The plural form simply lets the noun count individual beliefs: a person's assumings are the particular things they take for granted without checking them.

Synonyms: presumptions, suppositions, beliefs, expectations, inferences

Antonyms: certainties, proofs, facts, knowledge, truths