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
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
Moreover, I perceived the presumptuousness of assuming a superior air towards an established and accepted institution.
From City of Endless Night by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
