Definitions for "Presuppositions"
A statement in which a certain state of affairs is presumed (In the statement “My brother has given up being a firefighter”, it can be assumed that he was a firefighter before).
a form of language in which certain ideas or experiences are presumed without ever being directly stated.
the items, ideas or concepts that are, for the sake of consistency and utility, treated as though they were true, upon which many working theories can then be based. The pre-suppositions of NLP provide the philosophy that underscores and supports the practice of NLP, and provide useful framework, reminders and starting points for interventions.
assumptions the speaker makes about what the listener already knows about the topic at hand.