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| 1. | [ adjective ] accepted as real or true without proof | |
| Synonyms: | taken_for_granted assumptive | |
| Examples: | "an assumed increase in population" "the assumed reason for his absence" "assumptive beliefs" "his loyalty was taken for granted" |
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| Related terms: | acknowledged | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] taken as your right without justification | |
| Synonyms: | arrogated | |
| Examples: | "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity" "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states" |
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| Related terms: | taken | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] adopted in order to deceive | |
| Synonyms: | pretended fictive fictitious put_on sham false | |
| Examples: | "an assumed name" "an assumed cheerfulness" "a fictitious address" "fictive sympathy" "a pretended interest" "a put-on childish voice" "sham modesty" |
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| Related terms: | counterfeit | |
| Similar spelling: |
ashamed ashamedly asunder asymmetry |
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