realistic assumption

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realistic
adjective
uk
/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for ...
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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 ofrealisticandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This result is not dependent on the fact that the agent's initial dispositions are incomplete (although incompleteness would seem to be arealisticassumptionhere).
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Again, this is not arealisticassumptionsince in reality there is perfect capital mobility between this zone and the rest of the world.
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Although this is not arealisticassumption, the conclusions are still true but to the extent to which the markets can, indeed, internalize this desire.
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This, however, may not be arealisticassumptionfor human social behaviour.
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We make therealisticassumptionthat the manufacturing good alone is used for accumulating capital.
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This is arealisticassumptionsince we are only considering inputs and outputs that are 'economic goods'.
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This is not arealisticassumptionbecause the velocity field due to such a system is indeterminate.
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The required scale of adjustment suggests that this may not be a veryrealisticassumption, even in the long run.
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This is arealisticassumption, since there will not normally be any dependent children by this age.
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In this section, rather than assume that pollution can be disposed of at a constant social cost, we introduce the morerealisticassumptionthat pollution affects utility directly.
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I believe the sensible, intelligent andrealisticassumptionhere is that size is sometimes good and size is sometimes bad.
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However, it is not arealisticassumptionto make for the foreseeable future.
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By that stage we should have a morerealisticassumptionof the actual costs.
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That is almost entirely accounted for by the increasing numbers of unemployed and by a morerealisticassumptionin the calculations with regard to them.
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On anyrealisticassumptionas to the effect on traffic behaviour, reduction of the motorway limit would not yield any significant saving.
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In the current year that has been arealisticassumption.
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Therealisticassumptionmust be that child tax allowance will normally be extinguished by the student's own income.
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It means that we make a morerealisticassumptionabout average council tax.
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It is concentrated there not because that is a cheap or easy option, but because we make therealisticassumptionthat that is where our principal effort needs to be.
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That is arealisticassumption.
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