basic proposition
Americannoun
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A democracy rests upon the basic proposition of one person, one vote, and that members of a society should be able to determine their leaders and government.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
"The basic proposition that you should look for work is right," he replied.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
This basic proposition of public finance explains why separatist civil wars so rarely succeed against modern states, at least not without the support of outside powers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
In some sense, this is Musk’s basic proposition: ambitious goals, borne out by intense deadlines and flat-out suffering.
From The Verge ● Sep. 7, 2018
The basic proposition of this book hence is that we can extend the current �neoclassical synthesis� by including endogenous government in the model, so that we arrive at a truly general Political Economy.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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