assumptive

Examples

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• I would not have bothered answering your assumptive questions.

  Blog text (31)

• Look, the lesson is let's all be more assumptive and let's assume the positive.

  Tom Ferry

• I don't mind characters being assumptive; however, Melody seems to always get it right.

  Blog text (14)

• They are useful insofar as they make us aware of the common assumptive world that culture bearers share with other members of their cultural groups.

  Academic text (1990)

• In 2008, as the idea of content marketing (at least as it is known today) was in its infancy, it would be rather assumptive for businesses to jump right into advanced content marketing tips and strategies in their content without laying out some foundational information on what constitutes content marketing.

  Blog text (4)

• Democrats might also consider that an assumptive lead based on flawed sampling could actually suppress the Democratic turnout, as many of the African-American, Hispanic, and student voters will consider the November 6th election to be in the bag for Obama and decide it's not necessary to get out to the polls.

  Blog text (17)

• It was assumptive of him to assume that everyone agreed with his opinion.

• Her assumptive nature made it difficult for her to consider other people's perspectives.

• The report contained assumptive statements that were not backed by any data.

Synonyms

P

presumptive

vsassumptive

31 7.3

Likely to be true because of evidence, not certain

is accepted without proof and relies on assumption rather than evidence

P

presumable

vsassumptive

1 4.8

Likely to be true based on the facts

is accepted without proof and relies on assumption rather than evidence

Antonyms

D

data-based

1 4.1

Using information from watching or measuring things rather than guessing

P

proven

1 3.2

Shown by facts to be true and to work well

How Certain

certain

946 1.0

presumptive

31 7.3

assumptive

1 7.8

speculative

26 6.7

uncertain

43 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology