1.
jumping to conclusions, hasty judgment
The act of deciding something without sufficient evidence or consideration.
それは決め付けだ。
That's jumping to conclusions.
決め付けはよくない。
Jumping to conclusions is not good.
証拠もなしに決め付けるのはやめてほしい。
I wish you'd stop jumping to conclusions without evidence.
決め付け is the noun form of 決め付ける (to jump to conclusions), referring to the act of making a hasty or unfounded judgment.
VERB FORM:
- 決め付ける: to jump to conclusions, to decide arbitrarily
- 決め付けるな: don't jump to conclusions (imperative)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- それは決め付けだ: that's jumping to conclusions
- 決め付けはよくない: it's not good to jump to conclusions
- 証拠もなしに決め付ける: to jump to conclusions without evidence
RELATED WORDS:
- 先入観: preconception, preconceived notion
- 思い込み: assumption, belief (without evidence)
- 偏見: prejudice, bias
NUANCE:
Always carries a negative connotation — implying the judgment is unfair or premature.