presumptuousness

presumptuous | American Dictionary

presumptuous
adjective
us/prɪˈzʌmp·tʃu·əs/
rude because of doing something although you know you do not have a right to do it:
It would be presumptuous of me to speak for the others.

Examples of presumptuous

presumptuous
Yet there is something suspect - sinister even - about this scene, for isn't this junior defendant rather presumptuous to enjoy such a majestic seat?
In this case, at least, it seems a bit presumptuous to speak about philosophy.
It would be presumptuous to review all of that progress here.
Nor should we need to feel historically presumptuous in so doing.
Equally, we can be sure that the 1970s will contain surprises and shocks, and it would be presumptuous of me to read the tea-leaves.
Inevitably, imitation will always be close to mimicry, and any consequent production can seem faked or presumptuous.
Not only is this assumption condescending and rude, but its likely consequences are to favour the presumptuous, thick-skinned, confident and socially advantaged over everyone else.
The parents of the children were also made to appear ridiculous for their presumptuous efforts to imitate the rituals of their ' ' social betters.
The video depicts a caricatural foolish white boy dressed in 'b-boy' style getting himself into various predicaments because of his presumptuous ignorance.
They could also be regarded as presumptuous, arrogant, and as a new age form of colonial meddling in internal affairs.
At first glance it might seem rather presumptuous to treat, in single chapters, topics as vast as the olfactory system or the cerebral cortex!
The differentiation of one sheep from another, accompanied by novel or presumptuous claims, rankled.
We are her co-conspirators, and we laugh with her as she shows up the presumptuous doctor.
A special, finely pitched scorn is reserved for presumptuous musical descanting by unqualified literary lions, whatever their mane-spread.
Media coverage appears to be the driving force behind these rather presumptuous views.
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