assumptive

Example Sentences

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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

“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

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