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assumption
Synonyms and Antonyms of assumption
1
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
given, hypothetical, if, postulate, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, supposition
2
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
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
authoritativeness, bossiness, bowwow, brag, dominance, high-handedness
chest-thumping, inflation, self-assertion, side [chiefly British], snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism, snootiness
attitude, cheek, cheekiness, impertinence, impudence, sauciness
boastfulness, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, strut, swagger, triumphalism, vaingloriousness, vainglory
cockiness, complacence, conceit, egoism, egotism, pride, pridefulness, self-assumption, self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-content, self-contentment, self-opinion, self-partiality, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, vanity
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