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单词 self-assumption
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self-assumptionn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfəˈsʌm(p)ʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈsəm(p)ʃ(ə)n/
Forms: see self- prefix and assumption n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, assumption n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + assumption n.
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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