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    PRESUMPTUOUSNESS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right toplay

    Example:

    he despised them for their presumptuousness

    Synonyms:

    assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    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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