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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin