predication

[ pred-i-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of asserting something:

   Although he struggled academically, the school's predication that he couldn't learn and succeed without medication was thankfully proven false.

2. an act or instance of basing an action or statement on something else:

   His video installation Revolution explores lingering Socialist and Muslim dreams in Egypt and their continued predication on drama and violence.

3. Grammar, Logic. an act or instance of combining a subject and a predicate, according to rules of syntax, so as to make a statement about something:

   What is the function, for example, of the predication “Whales are mammals” in a discourse?

4. Law. evidence of possible criminal action, sufficient to warrant a charge or inquiry:

   There were a number of things that caused us to believe we had adequate predication to open the investigation.

5. Rare. prediction.

Other Words From

• pred·i·ca·tion·al adjective
• sub·pred·i·ca·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of predication¹

First recorded in 1300–50, for an earlier sense; from Latin praedicātiōn-, stem of praedicātiō “announcement, declaration,” from praedicāre “to declare publicly, assert”; predicate ( def ), -ion ( def )

Example Sentences

To minds of a different description, the only antidote to this corruption of language is predication.

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Argument against those who admit no predication to be legitimate, except identical.

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Good three pil'd predication, will you peace, And hear the cause we come for?Cun.

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What in his system corresponds most nearly to the modern view of these elements is the division of kinds of real predication.

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Accordingly ‘substance,’ which is a correlative term to ‘predication,’ shares in the ambiguity.

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Related Words

• allegation
• assertion
• belief
• claim
• discussion
• explanation
• hypothesis
• idea
• opinion
• plea
• position
• thesis