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assumptions

English translation: suppositions

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English term or phrase:assumptions
Selected answer:suppositions
Entered by: Peter Simon

11:59 Mar 5, 2014
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / social services
English term or phrase: assumptions
What did they talk about the assumptions of their rehabilitation counselors?
The passage was about disabled students.
This was from the following sentence: "They talked about whether the know-it-all assumptions of their rehabilitation counselors were motivated by a need to control their clients if for no other reason than to make sure their own jobs did not become obsolete."
The book title is "No pity: People with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement, Shapiro, Joseph P."
I don't understand the exact meaning of the sentence. Could you explain it to me using other words, please?
Salavat07
Russian Federation
suppositions
Explanation:
That is, something taken for granted by the speaker. Also, "a statement that is used as the premise of a particular argument but may not be otherwise accepted." The Free Dictionary goes as far as stating that it could mean "arrogance; presumption", with which I can agree. So, in the opinion of the speakers/writers, the "know-it-all" rehabilitation counselors took their opinion for granted, whereas the speakers doubted that they had been anywhere near correct. As I understand the whole sentence, the people in question have disabilities, but they are creating a civil rights movement stating the opinion that, as far as they see, their rehabilitation counselors purported to know what they said only to control their clients, i.e., the people with disabilities, only because they wanted to keep their jobs.
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Peter Simon
Netherlands
Local time: 19:00
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suppositions


Explanation:
That is, something taken for granted by the speaker. Also, "a statement that is used as the premise of a particular argument but may not be otherwise accepted." The Free Dictionary goes as far as stating that it could mean "arrogance; presumption", with which I can agree. So, in the opinion of the speakers/writers, the "know-it-all" rehabilitation counselors took their opinion for granted, whereas the speakers doubted that they had been anywhere near correct. As I understand the whole sentence, the people in question have disabilities, but they are creating a civil rights movement stating the opinion that, as far as they see, their rehabilitation counselors purported to know what they said only to control their clients, i.e., the people with disabilities, only because they wanted to keep their jobs.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ex.: a statement that is used as the premise of a particular argument but may not be otherwise accepted

    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/assumption
Peter Simon
Netherlands
Local time: 19:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
Grading comment
Well done!
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Asker: Thank you, your very helpful!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandranow
1 hr
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Someone I know calls this 'ass-umptions'.
1 hr
agree  Khwansuree DEROLLEPOT
22 hrs
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