Positiveness vs Presumption - What's the difference?
positiveness | presumption | Related terms |
(uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity.
*1929 , (Ernest Hemingway), A Farewell to Arms , Folio Society 2008, p. 48:
*:Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge.
(countable) The result of being positive
the act of presuming, or something presumed
* De Quincey
the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
the condition upon which something is presumed
(dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
Positiveness is a related term of presumption.
As nouns the difference between positiveness and presumption
is that positiveness is (uncountable) the quality of being positive; positivity while presumption is the act of presuming, or something presumed.positiveness
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* negativenesspresumption
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(wikipedia presumption)Noun
(en noun)- in contradiction to these very plausible presumptions
- The presumption is that an event has taken place.
- Thy son I killed for his presumption .
- I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.