Assumption

Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the Assumption of Mary, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Assumption may also refer to:

Places

• Assumption, Alberta, Canada
• Assumption, Illinois, United States
  • Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois
• Assumption Island, Seychelles
  • Assumption Island Airport
• Assumption, Minnesota, United States
• Assumption, Nebraska, United States
• Assumption, Ohio, United States
• Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States

Arts, entertainment, and media

• "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett
• Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship
• "Assumptions" (Doctors), a 2003 television episode
• Assumption (film), a 2017 short film by Anthony Leone
• "Assumptions" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a 2019 television episode
• "Assumptions" (song), 2021 song by Sam Gellaitry

Churches

• Assumption Chapel, Minnesota, United States
• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Michigan, United States
• Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States
• Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation)
• Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)

Logic

• Closed-world assumption, the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true, and a statement not known to be true is false
• Open-world assumption, assumption that the truth value of a statement may be true irrespective of whether or not it is known to be true
• Tacit assumption, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker
  • Presupposition, a tacit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance
• Unique name assumption, in logics where different names always refer to different entities in the world
• Responsibility assumption

Schools

Australia

• Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria
• Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland

Canada

• Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario
• Assumption College School, Windsor, Ontario
• Assumption College School (Brantford), Ontario
• Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)

Japan

• Assumption Junior College, Osaka Prefecture

Philippines

• Assumption Antipolo
• Assumption College of Davao, Davao City
• Assumption College San Lorenzo, Makati City
• Assumption Iloilo, Iloilo City
• University of the Assumption, Pampanga

Singapore

• Assumption English School

Thailand

• Assumption College Sriracha, Chonburi Province
• Assumption College (Thailand)
• Assumption University (Thailand), Bangkok

UK (Northern Ireland)

• Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

United States

• Academy of the Assumption, Florida
• Assumption Catholic School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston
• Assumption University, Massachusetts
• Assumption College for Sisters, New Jersey
• Assumption High School (Iowa)
• Assumption High School (Kentucky)
• Assumption High School (Louisiana)
• Assumption High School (Wisconsin)
• Assumption Preparatory School, Massachusetts
• Assumption School, Illinois
• Assumption School (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

See also

• Dormition (disambiguation)
• Asunción, the Spanish word
• Axiom
• Assumption Cathedral (disambiguation)
• Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)
• Debt Assumption, the US policy under Alexander Hamilton to assume the war debt of some states
• Entering heaven alive
• L'Assomption River, Quebec, Canada
• List of churches consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta ("Assunta" is the Italian for Assumption)
• Presupposition
• Proposition