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heroic assumption

noun

Definitions

  1. An assumption that the speaker considers very unlikely to be true but temporarily accepts…

    An assumption that the speaker considers very unlikely to be true but temporarily accepts in order to make a hypothetical argument.

    • Even if we make the heroic assumption that the governor makes this his top priority, it isn't feasible to have new regulation in effect in six months.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heroic assumption. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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