presumptuousness
- a word derived from presumptuous.
Example Sentences
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Liverpool fans will hope that presumptuousness backfires but somehow I don't think it will.
From BBC ● May 8, 2022
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
Walker presents himself in that essay, “Balling,” as gleefully exploiting the expectations and hangups of white liberals, using their presumptuousness to his advantage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
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
It naturally led to an increase of what his parents regarded as his presumptuousness and forwardness of manner, and consequently to a growth of their severity towards him.
From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de
