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PRESUMPTUOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presumptuousness mean?
• PRESUMPTUOUSNESS (noun)
The noun PRESUMPTUOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
Familiarity information: PRESUMPTUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness
Context example:
he despised them for their presumptuousness
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)
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