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Synonyms & Antonyms of assumption
1
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
- the widespread assumption that violent entertainment leads to violent behavior in children
- your argument is faulty because it's based on erroneous assumptions
Synonyms for assumption
- given,
- hypothetical,
- if,
- postulate,
- premise
- (also premiss),
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- supposition
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2
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
- his air of assumption tended to put people off rather quickly
Synonyms for assumption
- arrogance,
- bumptiousness,
- consequence,
- haughtiness,
- hauteur,
- high horse,
- huffiness,
- imperiousness,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- masterfulness,
- peremptoriness,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- presumptuousness,
- pretense
- (or pretence),
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- self-consequence,
- self-importance,
- superciliousness,
- superiority,
- toploftiness
Words Related to assumption
- chest-thumping,
- inflation,
- self-assertion,
- side
- [chiefly British],
- snobbery,
- snobbishness,
- snobbism,
- snootiness
- boastfulness,
- bombast,
- braggadocio,
- bravado,
- strut,
- swagger,
- triumphalism,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory
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The first known use of assumption was in the 13th century
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