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Definition of Assumptive
1. Adjective. Excessively forward. "The duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
Similar to: Forward
Derivative terms: Presumption, Presumption, Presumptuousness
2. Adjective. Accepted as real or true without proof. "Assumptive beliefs"
Definition of Assumptive
1. a. Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.
Definition of Assumptive
1. Adjective. Held as true or valid without evidence. ¹
2. Adjective. Forward or presumptuous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assumptive
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Assumptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand Book on the Law of Evidence: A Concise Statement of the Rules in Civil by Charles Frederic Chamberlayne, Arthur Walker Blakemore, Dewitt Clinton Moore (1919)
"[Comment on Facts] ; Refusal of assumptive Instructions.22— It follows that the
judge will not give a charge at the request of counsel which presents the ..."
2. An Introduction to Heraldry: Containing the Origin and Use of Arms; Rules by Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull (1854)
"assumptive ARMS, Now disused, were such as a man assumed of his proper right,
with the approbation of his sovereign and of the king of arms. ..."
3. A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical by Henry Sweet (1900)
"When a noun is put before the noun it modifies it is called an assumptive (attributive)
noun. Thus in king Al/red the first noun is assumptive. ..."
4. Dealing With Workplace Violence: A Guide for Agency Planners edited by Melvin Basye (1999)
"assumptive questions. assumptive questions assume involvement in the activity
... The investigator can use assumptive questions when involvement has already ..."
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