assumptive

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adjective

Held as true or valid without evidence.

Similar
assumingpresumptuousforwardacknowledged
OriginLatin sūmptus →
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Meanings

adjectiveassumptive (comparative more assumptive, superlative most assumptive)

comparative more assumptive · superlative most assumptive

  1. Held as true or valid without evidence.
  2. Forward or presumptuous.
  3. not comparablegovernmentOriginally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexcessively forward

Similar
assumingpresumptuousforward

adjectiveaccepted as real or true without proof

Similar
acknowledged
Also see
acknowledgedassumingpresumptuous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsūmptus
  2. Englishassumptive

From as- + Latin sūmptus + -ive, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

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APA

assumptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assumptive

MLA

“assumptive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assumptive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assumptive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assumptive.

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