hidden assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhiddenandassumption
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hidden
adjective[usually before noun]
uk/ˈhɪd.ən/us/ˈhɪd.ən/
not easy ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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Examplesofhidden assumption
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There is ahiddenassumptionof excluded middle, or mutual exclusion as it is more usually called for concurrent processes.
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There is often ahiddenassumptionabout what quality means.
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It brings us to a last and morehiddenassumption: namely, that international agencies could control the process of implementation.
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We also have to highlight ahiddenassumptionin works where the intervention of a human user is highly welcome.
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There is also, in general, a furtherhiddenassumption, namely that this is because it is necessary, for task performance, to keep transcriptions for future use.
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This long-standing model has ahiddenassumption: namely, that all cancers inevitably progress.
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Most importantly, it decentres and challenges the otherwise hidden assumptions of non-diasporic experiences, the fictional fixedness that underlies the construction of modern identities.
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However, singular devotion to the disease model, with its hidden assumptions, has the unfortunate consequence of limiting and narrowing the research endeavor.
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In this case, hidden assumptions become apparent in cases where the system fails.
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They might define shared terminologies, explicate hidden assumptions of system components or become a vehicle to specify system architectures and information formats.
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Part of the problem is the lack of a comprehensive survey, a standard terminology, hidden assumptions or undisclosed technical details, and the dearth of evaluation metrics.
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Not only the hidden assumptions, faulty premises, and errors of logic are exposed, but also the motivations that underlie the new species of intelligent design that he targets.
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The future thus is not empty but fraught with hidden assumptions.
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The problem is that programmers introduce too many hidden assumptions in the robot's code.
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