单词 | assumptive |
释义 | assumptive/əˈsʌm(p)tɪv![]() adjective 1 rare Of the nature of an assumption.For within the context of international politics, faith is redundant as it calls for assumptive reasoning in a landscape of constant change and hidden agendas....
2 archaic Arrogant or presumptuous.Add to this a tradition of questioning assumptive authoritarianism that can be traced as far back as the Declaration of Arbroath and you have a new arrival in a foreign country whose first instinct probably wasn't to tug the forelock. OriginMid 16th century (in the sense 'taken, adopted'): from Latin assumptivus, from the verb assumere (see assume). |
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