postulate (postulates 3rd person present) (postulating present participle) (postulated past tense & past participle )If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.
FORMAL verb
...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures... V n
Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct. V that