Presumption
[prɪ'zʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n] or [pri'zʌmpʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; 'his presumption was intolerable'.
(noun.) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; 'he despised them for their presumptuousness'.
(noun.) (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed.
Checked by Leon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
(n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
(n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.
(n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
Edited by Amber
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess.[2]. Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK.[3]. Probability, ground for believing.
Typed by Carlyle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Anticipation, supposition, hypothesis, probability, assumption, understanding,condition, concession, forwardness, arrogance, audacity, boldness
ANT:Proof, deduction, inference, demonstration, verification, fact, certainty,modesty, diffidence, backwardness, bashfulness, hesitation
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- He had come in really tired, and after I had given him his tea, he threw himself into my chair with his customary presumption. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This match, to which you have the presumption to aspire, can never take place. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- One King, holding the curse in light estimation, made the attempt, but was stricken sorely for his presumption. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There does not exist the man in England with adequate presumption. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their absurd presumption in their own good fortune has been less taken notice of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I tell you that's one side of your conduct--Insolence and Presumption. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Woodhouse, believe me I have not the presumption to suppose Indeed I am not so mad. Jane Austen. Emma.
- No doubt he attributed it for the time to the presumption of a graduate of West Point over a volunteer pure and simple. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But I pleased HIM (for my sins) and he had the presumption to tell me so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If he wanted, he would send for her; and even to offer an early return was a presumption which hardly anything would have seemed to justify. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- So mortally did I fear the sin and weakness of presumption. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, interrupted the general, Fisher would never surprise me by his presumption. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Such evidence is to be received with great caution, and the presumption of novelty arising from the grant of the patent is not to be overcome except upon clear and convincing proof. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He might have doubled his presumption to mebut poor Harriet! Jane Austen. Emma.
- There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Martha