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the silent contract you signed without reading, then blamed for the consequences.
means A thing accepted as true or certain to happen, without proof — the unexamined belief you build your next move on.
from From Latin assumere, 'to take up, take to oneself,' built from ad- ('to, toward') and sumere ('to take'). The same sumere lurks in 'consume' and 'resume.' English borrowed it through Old French in the medieval period, and tellingly the earliest religious sense was the Assumption — Mary being 'taken up' bodily into heaven. The everyday meaning still carries that flavor: something you take up and carry as your own, no questions asked.
- etymology
- From Latin assumere, to take up or claim.
- mother of disaster
- Folk wisdom calls it the mother of all screwups.
- logic backbone
- Every proof secretly rests on unproven axioms.
- holy day
- The Assumption of Mary is an August feast.
- cognitive default
- Brains assume to save energy, then quietly lie.
assumption of mary — catholic dogma declared in 1950 by pope pius xii, celebrated august 15 annually
assumption parish louisiana — named in 1807, located in southeastern louisiana along the bayou