Definizione monolingua

putative

putative (comparative more putative, superlative most putative)

1. Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
   • 1879, Maurice Mauris, ""A Materialistic Artist,"" New York Times, 9 Nov., p. 10:

     [T]he lady . . . insisted upon going herself, requesting me to mind for a second the baby. . . . lo! the baby awoke and stared at me with a pair of big frightened eyes, which the little thing in another moment rolled in all directions, as if in search of its putative mother.

   • 1989, William E. Colby and Jeremy J. Stone, ""US must support Thailand if Cambodia is to survive,"" Milwaukee Sentinel (Los Angeles Times Service), 28 Oct. (retrieved 15 Sep. 2009):

     Just as Prince Sihanouk is fronting for the Khmer Rouge today . . . so also was he their putative leader from 1970 to 1975.

   • 2006, Unmesh Kher, ""No Neat Endings for the JonBenet Case,"" Time, 18 Aug.:

     Karrs past does raise suspicions. When he was arrested in Bangkok, he was living in a dormitory-like guesthouse in a neighborhood frequented by sex tourists. . . . Of course, Karrs putative pedophilia would not make him guilty of murder.

Definizione dizionario putative

	putativo
	commonly believed or deemed to be the case

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Altri significati:

Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.