a.

1. 假設的；假定的
   Nobody likes to have wars, but we must make preparations for a hypothetical warfare.

   沒有人喜歡戰爭，但我們一定要為假設性的戰爭作出準備。

adj.

1. based on or serving as a hypothesis.
   ▸supposed but not necessarily real or true.
2. Logic  denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q.

n.