Alapfeltételezi

Alapfeltételezi is a Hungarian verb meaning to presuppose or to assume as a fundamental condition for reasoning. It is used when a speaker treats a statement, fact, or condition as given or taken for granted in order to analyze, argue, or build a model.

The base form of the verb is alapfeltételezni, and the present indicative third-person singular form is alapfeltételezi. Related forms include alapfeltételezünk (we presuppose), alapfeltételeztek (you presuppose, formal), and alapfeltételeznek (they presuppose). The word is built from alap, meaning base or foundation, and feltételez, meaning to suppose or presume; together they convey the act of making a foundational assumption. Common noun forms related to the concept are alapfeltevés (premise or hypothesis) and alapfeltételezés (presupposition or foundational condition).

In usage, alapfeltételezi typically appears in formal or academic contexts such as logic, philosophy, science, and law, where an argument or model relies on a given premise. For example: A modell alapfeltételezi, hogy az adatok függetlenek. This implies that reasoning follows from treating data independence as a given, rather than proving it within the current analysis. The term often carries a stronger sense of a necessary base condition than más egyszerűen feltételez, which can be more casual or tentative.

See also Hungarian terms for related ideas: alapfeltevés (premise/hypothesis) and alapfogalom (fundamental concept).