Associations to the word «Putative»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PUTATIVE, adjective. Purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope