assumptive

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Little Man Theory remains mere theory, to be sure, possibly no more than an inchoate proto-theory, because it is yet hypothetical, speculative and assumptive.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2023

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

“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

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 it is then called assumptive, when the fact cannot be proved by its own intrinsic evidence, but is defended by some argument brought from extraneous circumstances.

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