Maids got upset over male presumption (9)
I believe the answer is:
dogmatism
'presumption' is the definition.
'maids got upset over male' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'maids'+'got'='maidsgot'
'maidsgot' with letters rearranged gives 'dogatism'.
'dogatism' placed around 'm' is 'DOGMATISM'.
(Other definitions for dogmatism that I've seen before include "Positive assertion of opinion" , "Assertion of opinions as truths" .)