ex hypothesi

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ex hypothesi (literally “from the hypothesis”), from hypothesis.

Adverb

ex hypothesi (not comparable)

1. Following from the hypothesis; in accordance with the hypothesis; by hypothesis; as a consequence of assumptions made; theoretically; supposedly; hypothetically. [from 1603]

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “ex hypothesi”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.