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PRESUMPTUOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
Example:
he despised them for their presumptuousness
Synonyms:
assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("presumptuousness" is a kind of...):
audaciousness; audacity (aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "presumptuousness"):
uppishness; uppityness (assumption of airs beyond one's station)
Derivation:
presumptuous (excessively forward)
