assumptive
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Etymology
Origin of assumptive
1605–15; < Latin assūmptīvus, equivalent to assūmpt ( us ) (past participle) ( see assumption) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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She cites a theory called the assumptive world, which suggests that a person has strongly held and grounding assumptions about the world.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
I also can't help wishing that "Love, Victor" was bolder in playing with the audience's assumptive gaze.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2020
Until the jury is fully out on Oakland GM Billy Beane’s latest concoction, Mariners fans are advised to not be so assumptive about a 2018 playoff berth.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2018
He went on to speak of the 1950s, “Ozzie and Harriet,” when things seemed newer somehow and assumptive of progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2016
An American is nationally assumptive, an Englishman personally so.
From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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