assumed

adj.

1. Taken up or used so as to deceive; pretended: an assumed name.
2. Taken for granted; supposed: an assumed increase in population.

assumedly as·sum'ed·ly (ə-sū'mĭd-lē) adv.

adjective

Being fictitious and not real, as a name: made-up, pseudonymous. See true/false.

adj

Definition: expected
Antonyms: unassumed, unexpected

adj

Definition: pretended
Antonyms: genuine, natural, real

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Accepted as real or true without proof; Adopted in order to deceive; Taken as your right without justification.

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. — Milton R. Sapirstein

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: accepted as real or true without proof
  Synonyms: assumptive, taken for granted

Meaning #2: taken as your right without justification
  Synonym: arrogated

Meaning #3: adopted in order to deceive
  Synonyms: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

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