Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. By hypothesis.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. ‘From the hypothesis’; according to the hypothesis; hypothetic-ally; supposedly; assumed to be.
Wiktionary
- adv. Following from the hypothesis; in accordance with the hypothesis; by hypothesis; as a consequence of assumptions made; theoretically; supposedly; hypothetically.
Etymologies
- First attested in 1603, from Late Latin, literally from the hypothesis, from hypothesis. (Wiktionary)
- New Latin ex hypothesī : Latin ex, out of, by + Latin hypothesī, ablative of hypothesis, hypothesis. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“i.e. of events ex hypothesi entitatively distinct from one another, be collectively conscious of themselves as a unity?”
“As this would have entailed withdrawals on the central front, it was ex hypothesi unacceptable to Hitler, and the fact that the most of the senior generals, Bock, Kluge, Hoth, Guderian, all held responsibilities (and nurtured ambitions) in the central sector ensured that Rundstedt remained in a minority among his professional colleagues.”
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