All 4 Uses of
supposition
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- The triumphant sense of security, of deliverance from overwhelming danger, that was what filled his whole soul that moment without thought for the future, without analysis, without suppositions or surmises, without doubts and without questioning.†
Chpt 2.1
- The supposition that it was a calculated crime and a cunning criminal doesn't work.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- There are no facts...it's all supposition!†
Chpt 3.5
- I am ashamed to allude to such a supposition.†
Chpt 5.3
Definition:
something supposed (rather than something known to be so) -- such as a disputed belief or assumption