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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“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
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
What if the whole united world were Irish or German, Russian, or even loudly pervading, assumptive American!
From Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul by Scofield, Anna Bishop
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