Sentence examples for persistent assumptions from inspiring English sources

The fixities of Boylan's world, its persistent assumptions and the difficulties of getting anywhere or communicating with anyone within it, provide plenty of old-fashioned tension.

Aspinwall and Tedeschi (Ann Behav Med, 2010) summarize evidence they view as supporting links between positive psychological states, including sense of coherence (SOC) and optimism and health outcomes, and they refer to persistent assumptions that interfere with understanding how positive states predict health.

Witness the steady downgrading of local government or the persistent assumption that the private sector will always be better than the public.

Ever since I started working for myself in the summer of last year, I've faced one persistent assumption: that I must have loads of time to spare.

The second most persistent assumption by both pundits and the McCain campaign this year — after the likely triumph of racism — was that the culture war battlegrounds from 2000 and 2004 would remain intact.

SARAH McLACHLAN, Afterglow (Arista) Despite the persistent assumption that most popular music is consumed by young men, global markets are often dominated by what could perhaps be described as nice lady-music.

And as it unravels, the case may once again highlight the persistent assumption among e-mail users -- despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary -- that their electronic correspondence is private.

Such studies have questioned the persistent assumption that northern Europe supported an unbroken climax forest until human settlement, similar to the 'artifact hypothesis' mentioned here.

Such invisibility may point to some persistent cultural assumptions and stereotypes about people of Asian background.

We need to put an end to persistent negative assumptions about the role of men and women in society and turn away from one-dimensional gender portrayals in mass media.

Aspinwall and Tedeschi's portrayal of persistent interfering assumptions echoes a disregard of precedent in the broader positive psychology literature.