ex hypothesi

American  

[eks hahy-poth-uh-sahy] / ˈɛks haɪˈpɒθ əˌsaɪ /

adverb

Latin.

1. by hypothesis; according to assumptions.

---

ex hypothesi British  

/ ɛks haɪˈpɒθəsɪ /

adverb

1. in accordance with or following from the hypothesis stated

---

Etymology

Origin of ex hypothesi

First recorded in 1600–10; from New Latin, equivalent to Latin ex + hypothesī (ablative of hypothesis “basis, assumption”); see origin at ex- ¹ ( def. ), hypothesis

Example Sentences

Similarly, a train of thought may be said indifferently to be caused by brain-action or by mind-action; for, ex hypothesi, the one could not take place without the other.

From Mind and Motion and Monism by Romanes, George John

It was ex hypothesi impossible for the super-man, à fortiori the super-woman, to yield to the dictates of the understanding.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 by Various

The self-regarding motives are, ex hypothesi, not so closely related to utility as the social motives, and the dissocial motives manifestly stand at the bottom of the scale.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Yet here we find him admitting that virgin soil, which, ex hypothesi, does not possess that quality, and ought therefore to be incommensurable with anything that possesses it, is yet measured with money every day.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

The silence of Bede might be accidental, and he wrote ex hypothesi nearly two centuries after Arthur's day.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George