Local English word record

assumed

adjective · 1 sense

adopted in order to deceive

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Examples

  • an assumed name
  • an assumed cheerfulness
  • a fictitious address
  • fictive sympathy
  • a pretended interest

Word relationships

Synonyms

false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

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