Question

Which of the following terms describes something that is accepted as true without proof?

Postulate
Hypothesis
Theorem
all of the above

Answer 1

The answer would be postulate.

Postulates are said true based on one's beliefs and reasoning.
Hypothesis is only a proposition or a scientific guess that needs further investigation.
Theorem can be stated as true when there are proofs from previously established statements.

Answer 2

Postulate is the term that describes something that is accepted as true without proof.