0 present participle of postulate
1 to suggest a theory, idea, etc. as a basic principle from which a further idea is formed or developed:
[ + that ] It was the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, who postulated that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
False conspiracy theories can be saved by postulating bigger conspiracies to cover up the problems they encounter.
The postulating of diverging paths should, in my opinion, require more substantial support from specific empirical evidence.
Postulating a moral right is not always and necessarily to affirm that the right is absolute-is never legitimately overridden by any combination of moral reasons.
The advantage of postulating such a dependency is that the grammar rules used for subordinate clauses are also applicable in main clauses.
This is quite a different approach to justice than postulating a veil of ignorance.
If so, then postulating a veil of ignorance is a quite different move from postulating impartiality.
Perhaps one group is right and the other wrong, but neither is postulating a policy as ridiculous as oceans full of lemonade.
Such a result is difficult for any hypothesis postulating separate networks to explain.
