ex hypothesi
Americanadverb
adverb
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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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
Why did it not influence kindred Celtic tribes without Druids, ex hypothesi, at that time?
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
This, no doubt, implies that our ordinary beliefs about reality are illusory, for what things look is ex hypothesi different from what they are.
From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Harold Arthur Prichard
A transaction, ex hypothesi, can only take place between two parties; it implies two volitional centres.
From Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive by Joseph Warschauer
The Druids prohibited image-worship, and this prohibition existed in Gaul, ex hypothesi, from the end of palæolithic times.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
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