presumptuous
adjective
full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
presumptuousness
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a word derived from
presumptuous.
Example Sentences
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But one person’s presumptuousness is another’s winning audacity, and Crane’s overreach is among the many traits that fascinate Paul Auster, who himself has had a rich career as a novelist, poet, screenwriter and memoirist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
“Maybe I intervened, with some presumptuousness, in irrelevant details.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
To quote Seneca again, “Such is the presumptuousness of men that, although they may have received much, they count it an injury that they might have received more.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2018
Macron’s quest to fill that void has seen critics accuse him of staggering presumptuousness.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2017
All these allegings that thou bringest forth are nought else but proud presumptuousness.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
