presumptuousness
Example Sentences
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Both these people purport to have greater insight into her mother — and even herself — than Bea does, an objectifying presumptuousness that is threaded through the novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
Walker presents himself in that essay, “Balling,” as gleefully exploiting the expectations and hangups of white liberals, using their presumptuousness to his advantage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
To quote Seneca again, “Such is the presumptuousness of men that, although they may have received much, they count it an injury that they might have received more.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2018
Macron’s quest to fill that void has seen critics accuse him of staggering presumptuousness.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2017
Yes, you have a parvenu's presumptuousness somewhere about you.
From Touch and Go by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
