prevailing assumption

collocation in English

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prevailing
adjective
uk
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/us
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
existing in a particular place or at a ...
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assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofprevailingandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They dismiss theprevailingassumptionthat feedback is beneficial and dismantle the evidence that supports that assumption.
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Theprevailingassumptionis that these paradigms get in the way of access to true feelings, that they are, in fact, a hindrance to historical understanding.
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It does nothing to reverse theprevailingassumptionthat information collected on behalf of the public—by public servants and at public expense—should be kept secret.
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This was counter to theprevailingassumptionof a linear relationship between total dose or dose rate and the consequences.
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This theory was at odds with theprevailingassumptionof the day, namely that antibiotics were laboratory artifacts.
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Supporters of this new theory contest theprevailingassumptionthat the earliest art was painted or engraved on external surfaces such as cave walls or rock faces.
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Though it is possible a group is behind the attacks, theprevailingassumptionof the investigation and media reports is that one man is behind the crimes.
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Despite these prevailing assumptions, the study of the development and psychological status of pragmatic inference can be instructive for theories of word learning in a number of ways.
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It also disproved prevailing assumptions among scientists that only proteins could act as antigens.
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That can be done when prevailing assumptions are challenged.
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Our political leaders, like the rest of us, dealt with new phenomena on the basis of prevailing assumptions.
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Challenging prevailing assumptions about technology and its usefulness has led to alternative ideas like uneconomic growth or measuring well-being.
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Some of these rules were motivated by the prevailing assumptions of female frailty and dependence.
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