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professed

professed

11 6.0
Said or claimed but maybe not true
  • adjective
  • /prəˈfɛst/
: autoproclamado
  • Her professed commitment to environmentalism is evident in her daily habits.

Bernie Sanders is a self professed socialist.

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Examples

  • We should think about the possibility of living up to our own professed ideals, which means applying them to ourselves.

  • Yeah, when will the Prime Minister demonstrate some of her professed concern about burning injustices and halt the roll out of Universal Credit?

  • Your, in other words, your professed values and your lived values are not the same.

    Megyn Kelly

  • Your in other words, your professed values and your lived values are not the same.

  • I I'm a self professed big fan of Microsoft.

  • But this belies our professed commitments to a life of the mind.

  • Bernie Sanders is a self professed socialist.

    Ed Mylett

  • Now jump all the way to David Hume, whom you mentioned recently, who was in fact A self professed skeptic.

  • Do you think maybe you're a self professed loner to protect yourself from rejection and hurt of other people?

  • He is a self-baptized, self-professed genius in the world of technology.

Synonyms

alleged
vsprofessed
  • Literature
405 4.2

Said to be true or to have happened but not proved

is a stated claim that often implies possible untruth or lack of proof
supposed
vsprofessed
142 3.7

Thought to be true but often doubted

is a claimed statement that stresses possible falsity rather than shared belief
avowed
vsprofessed
  • Formal
12 6.5

Said in public and not hidden

is more likely to suggest insincerity or possible untruth rather than full openness
ostensible
vsprofessed
6 7.5

Seeming to be true but maybe not real

is a claim that often suggests it may be false or not real
expressed
vsprofessed
3 3.2

Words or actions make it clear

is specifically a claimed statement often doubted or possibly not genuine
asserted
vsprofessed
1 4.2

Said to be true without proof

is more about claiming with doubt or possible falseness than confident declaration

Antonyms

genuine
140 3.2

Truly felt and not fake, for example a smile or apology

How Assertive

asserted
1 4.2
avowed
  • Formal
12 6.5
professed
11 6.0
alleged
  • Literature
405 4.2

Surface Forms

professed positive

Morphology

professed = profess (transparent) = profess + ed

Regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'profess'; the meaning 'stated/claimed' is directly derived from 'profess'.

Etymology

Professed goes back to an old Latin idea made of pro- 'forth' and fess 'to say or admit', the same root you see in confess. So a professed belief or feeling is something someone has publicly 'stated' or 'claimed', and it may not be true.