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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

substance, content, message, subject matter go
what a communication that is about something is about

statement go
a message that is stated or declared

proposition go
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

postulate, posit
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

noun.communication

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Bayes' postulate go
(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
assumption, premise, premiss go
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn