presumptuousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumptuousness
Noun
  • This silliness, the silliness of his arrogance, was actually funny to me.
    Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • On the dark side, however, Mercury in Leo can spark moments of arrogance and stubbornness.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The members of my party have the gall to request several of these demonic items from the livid waiter.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
  • Lia Thomas stole a medal through deceit, and this rag has the gall to call him a 'champion'?
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Yet as more data has emerged demonstrating the safety or even superiority of AI for some tasks, those views are likely changing.
    Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Red Bull enjoyed a period of superiority since the inception of the current ground effect era in 2022, thanks to the aerodynamic expertise of the team's former chief technical officer, Adrian Newey.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • In that study, a chemical formulation was injected into a paralyzed rat's spine before the nerve tissue was stimulated with electricity.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
  • Consider Otto Loewi, the German physiologist who helped prove that nerve signals are transmitted chemically.
    Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The presumption is that Wallace is the basketball guy and Tenzer is the numbers guru.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 June 2025
  • In the past, this mattered little as states acted with a presumption of openness and minimal restrictions.
    Emily Kilcrease, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • The shock, the horror, the unbelievable audacity of it.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • His crime: the audacity to ask a question about the coldly brutal arrests of his constituents and the unprecedented military invasion of Los Angeles.
    Julie Gonzales, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
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“Presumptuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumptuousness. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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