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가정
가정 is something taken as given for the sake of argument. The verb 가정하다 means to suppose. In logic it names an unproved starting point.
Examples in context
우리는 잘못된 가정에서 출발했습니다.
We started from a wrong assumption.
그 가정이 성립해야 결말도 성립합니다.
That assumption must hold for the conclusion to hold.
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