assumptive
Example Sentences
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“The kind of losses that we grieve over are the ones that disrupt that assumptive world, which can explain feelings of grief about the death of the Queen,” she says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
“It confronts us with existential truths about life that clash with this system. The more we try to hold on to our assumptive world, the more mired we are in denial of such truths.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
I also can't help wishing that "Love, Victor" was bolder in playing with the audience's assumptive gaze.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2020
He went on to speak of the 1950s, “Ozzie and Harriet,” when things seemed newer somehow and assumptive of progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2016
The gaudy trappings of assumptive state Drop at the voice of nature to the earth, Before thy feet—I cannot force myself To hate thee, to renounce thee; yet—Covilla!
From Count Julian by Walter Savage Landor
