ex hypothesi

American  

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

adverb

Latin.

1. by hypothesis; according to assumptions.

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ex hypothesi British  

/ ɛks haɪˈpɒθəsɪ /

adverb

1. in accordance with or following from the hypothesis stated

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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

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ex hypothesi

This remaining—and, ex hypothesi, necessary—doubt is of very different importance from the other.

From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore

So Miss Euphemia went to impart this strange matter to the maiden who was ex hypothesi leaning on the architect’s strong arm.

From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner

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 George Saintsbury

But could we so expand our thought as to embrace, if that were possible, the whole universe, then there are no conditions; for ex hypothesi there is nothing for science outside the universe.

From Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 by C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan

But, even so far as this is true, the sayings were confessedly extracted or deduced from the Old Testament, and so ex hypothesi due to original inspiration.

From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore