bumptiousnessn.
/ˈbʌm(p)ʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈbəm(p)ʃəsnəs/ The quality of being irritatingly self-assertive or conceited.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun]
spritec1540
forwardnessa1616
perkinga1624
petulcity1628
perknessa1640
furthinessa1658
outbearing1740
self-assertion1805
bumptiousness1834
cockiness1841
perkiness1847
self-assertiveness1855
coxiness1859
forthputting1861
assertiveness1881
pushingness1881
aggression1889
pushfulness1897
pushiness1898
chestiness1909
attitude1975
1834 M. E. W. Sherwood Etiquette 18 The young American lady feels herself to be the equal of any crowned head in Europe. So long as this does not become bumptiousness it is an advantage.
1881 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 169/2 The bumptiousness of minor British officialism.
1949 A. Huxley Ape & Essence ii. 24 Flawlessly pure of all Wagnerian lubricity and bumptiousness, all Straussian vulgarity!
2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 261 His conceit and bumptiousness were the means by which he [sc. Forster] survived the shock of his childhood in England away from his parents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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