Definition of "presumptions" [presumptions]

• Plural form of presumption. (noun)

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• "Besides, I think a lot of the difficulty of this discussion is that it's still to some degree affected by certain presumptions: that there is some one standard of attractiveness (however vague), that being found attractive means in some sense being found a good human being, that therefore we owe at least the playacting of our attraction to good human beings because their goodness means they "deserve" it, etc."
• "A presumption is natural (hominis) when the law permits the judge to draw whatever inference he considers warranted by the facts proved; such presumptions are sometimes called presumptions of facts."
• "If a process does not have specific prohibitions but rather has completely vague standards and rebuttable "presumptions," start-ups are disadvantaged."