ex hypothesi

American  

[eks hahy-poth-uh-sahy] / ˈɛks haɪˈpɒθ əˌsaɪ /

adverb

Latin.

1. by hypothesis; according to assumptions.

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ex hypothesi British  

/ ɛks haɪˈpɒθəsɪ /

adverb

1. in accordance with or following from the hypothesis stated

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Etymology

Origin of ex hypothesi

First recorded in 1600–10; from New Latin, equivalent to Latin ex + hypothesī (ablative of hypothesis “basis, assumption”); see origin at ex- ¹ ( def. ), hypothesis

Example Sentences

To speak of "better pleasures" in any other sense is to make the goodness of the sole good as an end depend upon something which, ex hypothesi, is not good as an end.

From Art by Bell, Clive

In Sch�rer’s judgment, however, the army was unfit to take the field, and therefore ex hypothesi to attack Vado, without thorough reorganization, and it was only in November that the advance was finally made.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Yet here we find him admitting that virgin soil, which, ex hypothesi, does not possess that quality, and ought therefore to be incommensurable with anything that possesses it, is yet measured with money every day.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

It is difficult to believe that exogamy was a conscious moral and social reformation, because, ex hypothesi, the savages had no moral data, nothing to cause disgust at relations which seem revolting to us.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

We perceive them as they look or appear and, therefore, not as they are, for what they look and what they are are ex hypothesi distinguished.

From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Prichard, Harold Arthur