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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Little Man Theory remains mere theory, to be sure, possibly no more than an inchoate proto-theory, because it is yet hypothetical, speculative and assumptive.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2023
“The kind of losses that we grieve over are the ones that disrupt that assumptive world, which can explain feelings of grief about the death of the Queen,” she says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
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
Thorpe liked the boy because he was open-hearted, free from affectation, assumptive of no superiority,—in short, because he was direct and sincere, although in a manner totally different from Thorpe's own directness and sincerity.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
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