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German
Etymology
vermeinen (“think, believe, suspect, suppose”) + -t- + -lich. Related to meinen.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vermeintlich (strong nominative masculine singular vermeintlicher, not comparable)
- supposed, alleged
- imaginary
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 256:
Wir bestreiten die Möglichkeit und auch die Wünschbarkeit des vom Ganzen losgelösten Individuums, dessen vermeintliche Freiheit nichts anderes sein könnte als Vereinsamung, mit der Folge des Untergangs im sozial luftleeren Raum.- We dispute the possibility and also the desirability of the individual that is separated from the whole, whose imaginary freedom could be nothing else but isolation, with the consequence of downfall in the social vacuum.
Declension
Positive forms of vermeintlich (uncomparable)
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