7 sentences with 'assumptions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word assumptions and other words derived from it.
• « Ironically, although Social Darwinism provided a pseudo-scientific basis for racist and sexist cultural assumptions, these notions of race and culture also fed the fear of degeneration mentioned above. »
• « Walking backwards - far from the realm of assumptions - it is determined that intelligent man (not a pre-hominid animalistic animal) has been on the planet for hundreds of thousands of years, and in that past there was technical knowledge that left behind some elementary smelting furnace or rudimentary medicine: he possessed advanced resources, similar and superior to those of today. »
• « The exterior design of the X-30 aircraft serves two key functions. First, it makes the aircraft flyable. This is based on the general assumptions used for space taxis. The second function is to allow the inhalation of compressed air and the exhalation of energy with which the scramjet produces its motion. »
• « Another privileged member of the Revolutionary generation, Mercy Otis Warren, also challenged gender assumptions and traditions during the Revolutionary era. »
• « At the time of the Revolution, slavery had been in place in America for over a hundred years. In many ways, the Revolution served to reinforce assumptions about race among white Americans. »
• « Jefferson understood the contradiction perfectly well, and his writings reveal harshly racist assumptions. »
• « Initially, the Federalists did not form a political party. Instead, the Federalists shared certain assumptions. For them, political participation remained tied to property rights, which prevented many citizens from voting or holding office. »