单词 | self-assumption |
释义 | self-assumptionn. 1. Presumption, arrogance. Cf. assumption n. 9. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] prideOE overgartc1175 surquidrya1250 stuntisea1327 arrogance1340 insolencec1386 surquidyc1407 succudryc1425 lordliness1440 arrogancy1477 ogartc1480 wantonness?a1505 stateliness1509 insolencya1513 surquidancea1525 superbityc1540 imperiousness1582 surliness1587 super-arrogation1593 insolentness1594 assumption1609 self-assumption1609 huff1611 imperiosity1618 superarrogancy1620 lordship1633 self-assuming1644 alazony1656 high-handednessa1658 fast1673 arrogantness1756 overbearance1766 swaggera1821 huffishness1841 you-be-damnedness1885 high and mighty1924 the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 overweena1300 jollitya1340 overweening1340 overhopec1390 surfeitryc1425 presumptuousnessa1450 outrecuidance?c1450 sauciness1534 presumptiousness1550 presume1590 confidence1597 assuming1602 self-assumption1609 overweeningness1621 self-assuming1644 assumingnessa1832 assumptiousness1870 hubris1884 hybris1920 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 123 We thinke him ouer-proud And vnder-honest, in selfe assumption greater Then in the note of iudgement. 1843 Busy-body I. vii. 243 The fear that he should think she had boasted of possessing more of her niece's affection than she really did—a sort of self-assumption her humble mind held in great abhorrence. 1870 J. P. Smith Chris & Otho (1875) xxxviii. 427 In spite of his autocratical bearing, his towering pride, his self-assumption, Christabel loved him. 1911 Times 28 Feb. 6/6 The chief author of this sacrilegious misdeed..was not ashamed to confirm the fact in letters, full of self-assumption. 1998 Mt. Carmel (Illinois) Daily Republican Reg. 1 June 2/3 You and I do not need to be constantly told how good we are. If so, it may be a matter of self assumption. 2. Chiefly with of. The taking of a power, right, responsibility, designation, etc., for oneself, typically without authority; appropriation; (also) the action of laying claim to something for oneself; usurpation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation appropriation1393 propriation1602 appropriating1611 impatronization1611 impropriation1614 propriatinga1631 pocketing1638 picking1642 self-assumptiona1658 assumption1754 conscription1814 mopping-up1909 society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority usurpmenta1470 usurpation1470 usurping1521 usurpa1647 self-assumptiona1658 accroaching1659 a1658 J. Reeve Hymnes & Spiritual Songs (1682) To Rdr. sig. A2 The self assumption of the Titles, empty Names, and Forms; of Church, Ordinances, and Ministry, without the things themselves. 1796 W. Draper 20 Serm. Var. Subj. iv. 64 The immediate and self assumption of it [sc. exaltation and praise] will be followed with disappointment. 1814 E. W. Brayley London & Middlesex II. 267 During those years..the City-guilds were much increased in number, as well by regular charter, as by a sort of self assumption in different Companies. 1880 Glasgow Herald 7 Aug. 3/5 The imputation which the confidence of the captain in his self-assumption of the function of censor has impelled him to express. 1915 J. E. Talmage Jesus the Christ iii. 22 The atoning mission of Jesus Christ was no self-assumption. 1942 Times 12 Nov. 5/2 What calls for rather more serious notice is Hitler's self-assumption of the guardianship of Europe. 2006 Western Folklore 65 66 The precise and enduring instruction..of soapboxing is the self-assumption of the right and authority to speak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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