assumptive
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8.3
- adjective
- /əˈsʌmp.tɪv/
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presuntuoso
- Your comment is bigoted, assumptive, and generalizing.
Then when you get to the close, you have to be so assumptive.
- Then when you get to the close, you have to be so assumptive.
Examples
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She made an assumptive statement about everyone's plans without checking first.
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Don't be so rude and assumptive.
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Offering support instantly is both intrusive and assumptive.
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OK, he was quite assumptive, but he's probably a really nice guy in real life, who maybe lacks some internet etiquette skills and needs to learn real-life examples of people practicing tolerance.
Blog text (31) -
The ability to mitigate, transfer, and/or manage the current traditional risks facing healthcare providers should be considered an assumptive core competency of healthcare providers and their business partners," said Ron Calhoun, managing director of Aon Risk Solutions' Health Care Practice, in a news release.
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His assumptive remarks about my lifestyle showed a lack of understanding and consideration.
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In meetings, it's important to avoid being too assumptive when discussing others' opinions.
Synonyms
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8.0
Being too confident and doing things that are not allowed or polite
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5.3
To believe you can do more than you really can
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7.2
Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful
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9.1
Acting more important than you really are
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9.9
Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people
Being too confident in a way that makes others uncomfortable
Acting more confident and important than you really are
Antonyms
How Presumptuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
assumptive = assumption (transparent) = assume + ive
The adjective is formed from 'assumption' by adding the productive suffix '-ive', yielding the sense 'characterized by making assumptions' (i.e., forward or presumptuous behaviour).
Etymology
Assumptive comes from the verb assume, which also meant 'to take on' or 'to give yourself a role'. So an assumptive person is like someone who 'takes' a right or position without asking and so seems too confident or forward.