Assumptive Definition

assumptive
adjective
  1. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
  2. accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"

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