presumption

noun

a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

an assumption that is taken for granted

Roots

praepre- · Latin · before, in front sumo-sump · Latin · take up

Synonyms for presumption

assumptionn presumptuousnessn uppitynessn suppositionn supposaln presuppositionn conceitn effronteryn conjecturen hypothesisn

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The word presumption breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pre-, from Latin prae (“before, in front”); and -sump, from Latin sumo (“take up”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.