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Shamelessness vs Presumption - What's the difference?

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Shamelessness is a related term of presumption.


As nouns the difference between shamelessness and presumption

is that shamelessness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being shameless while presumption is the act of presuming, or something presumed.

shamelessness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being shameless.
  • * 1853 , (Charles Kingsley), Hypatia , ch. 7:
    • [H]e added to all his other shamelessness this, that he offered the patriarch a large sum of money to buy a bishopric of him.
  • * 1914 , (Joseph Conrad), The Arrow of Gold , ch. 1:
    • "For instance as to her shamelessness . She was always ready to run half naked about the hills. . . ."
  • * 1919 , (Mary Roberts Rinehart), Dangerous Days , ch. 50:
    • She was quite honest with herself; she knew that she was watching for Clay, and she had a magnificent shamelessness in her quest.
  • (countable, rare) An utterance or action which is shameless.
  • * 1872 May 18, "The Womens Rights' Convention in New York," The Spectator , Volume 45, p. 624:
    • Shoals of letters are published every week from all parts of the Union telling stories of the unhappiness produced by marriage, sometimes mere bursts of ill-temper, often cynical shamelessnesses , occasionally stories of deep pathos.
  • * 1963 , (James Joyce) and David Hayman, A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake (2002 edition), ISBN 9781893311268, p. 109:
    • He was able to write in the gloom of his bottle only because of his noseglow nose's glow as it slid over the paper and while he scribbled & scratched nameless shamelessnesses about ethers everybody ever he met. . . .
  • * 2006 , Judith Weingarten, The Chronicle of Zenobia , ISBN 9781843862192, p. 104:
    • He asked of course after Taimsa, who was still dallying in shamelessnesses at Antioch.

    Synonyms

    * (state or characteristic of being shameless) immodesty, unself-consciousness

    presumption

    English

    (wikipedia presumption)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of presuming, or something presumed
  • * De Quincey
    • in contradiction to these very plausible presumptions
  • the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
    • The presumption is that an event has taken place.
  • the condition upon which something is presumed
  • (dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy son I killed for his presumption .
  • * Dryden
    • I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.

    Synonyms

    * (l)