Catalan
presumptuositat Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.
Synonyms
Examples for "presumption"
Examples for "presumption"
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The most basic tenet of American law is the presumption of innocence.
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It also maintained and took good advantage of the presumption of guilt.
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The presumption did not breed fear; it bred wrath, hot and vindictive.
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Such presumption was the natural cause and forerunner of a shameful defeat.
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I feel there should be a presumption of risk until proven otherwise.
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It seemed to abash the ruffian, in spite of his habitual effrontery.
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For a moment, the Venerable Parakarma seemed taken aback at such effrontery.
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The cynicism and effrontery of young girls regarding marriage particularly revolted her.
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Momentarily her effrontery had given the situation into her hands-butonly momentarily.
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He had not expected opposition and such effrontery was new to him.
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Then a horror seized him at the presumptuousness of the liberty he had taken.
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Had he been punished for his presumptuousness, for his arrogance?
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Thus doth the master give free scope to his slaves, and even enjoyeth their presumptuousness.
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He laughed with bitter irony at his own presumptuousness.
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Moreover, I perceived the presumptuousness of assuming a superior air towards an established and accepted institution.
Portuguese
15 de agosto Catalan
assumpció 1
For the very good reason that the basic assumption held the opposite.
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I think a fair assumption is a constant 2000 Watt power usage.
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However, research testing this assumption is hampered by difficulties in measuring self-care.
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Le Guin never took the easy way; she pushed on every assumption.
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These ideas rest upon the assumption of the equality of the races.
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However, the proposed methods are more robust when the assumption is violated.
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He also questioned Dow's assumption of consistently strong growth in emerging markets.
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He said the popular assumption was that children could always bounce back.
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Equally unwarranted is a similar assumption in the broader ranges of society.
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Future research could be directed to find the validity of this assumption.
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It's an easy assumption to make but wrong or at best blinkered.
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She certainly made that assumption, and she may also have been wrong.
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Prof Kiberd's assumption avoids dealing with the thorny question of defining marriage.
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But this assumption pertains to all the Persons; therefore the first also.
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By now, however, our assumption that Tink was safe began to falter.
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I'm working on the assumption that she's innocent of all these murders.
