presumption

[pre·sump·tion]

The noun presumption pretty much means jumping to conclusions. It is taking something for granted an idea, an answer, an event without having any real knowledge about it, and that is usually not a good thing.

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The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

Noun
a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"

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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

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(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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an assumption that is taken for granted

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The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.

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That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.

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The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.

Presumption

Pre*sump"tion (?; 215), n. [L. praesumptio: cf. F. pr'82somption, OF. also presumpcion. See Presume.] 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place. 3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive. "In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions." De Quincey. 4. The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.

Thy son I killed for his presumption.

I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.

Conclusive presumption. See under Conclusive. -- Presumption of fact (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. Burrill. Best. Wharton. -- Presumption of law (Law), a postulate applied in advance to all cases of a particular class; e. g., the presumption of innocence and of regularity of records. Such a presumption is rebuttable or irrebuttable.

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Usage Examples

Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst - the presumption that they know best, and they're going to get their way whether the American people like it or not.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

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Other Usage Examples

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.