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Definition of Bumptiousness
1. Noun. Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
Generic synonyms: Assertiveness, Self-assertiveness
Derivative terms: Bumptious, Cocky, Forward, Pushy
Definition of Bumptiousness
1. n. Conceitedness.
Definition of Bumptiousness
1. Noun. The state of being bumptious; conceitedness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumptiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumptiousness
Literary usage of Bumptiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Race Orthodoxy in the South: And Other Aspects of the Negro Question by Thomas Pearce Bailey (1914)
"From the psychology of the songs: bumptiousness, anthropomorphism, ... The traits
go in pairs: bumptiousness and provincialism, the hoodlum characteristics; ..."
2. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1907)
"As to the so-called natural bumptiousness of the human male, it seems to me ...
The desire for glory is only another term for this formative bumptiousness. ..."
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