assumptive

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She cites a theory called the assumptive world, which suggests that a person has strongly held and grounding assumptions about the world.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 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

Until the jury is fully out on Oakland GM Billy Beane’s latest concoction, Mariners fans are advised to not be so assumptive about a 2018 playoff berth.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2018

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

But all the rest of the common topics taken from the divisions of assumptive argument will suit each side of the question.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius