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presumed

Bryan.he

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What does "presumed" mean ?
QUOTE: To Wilkins’s presumed dismay and embarrassment, in the summer of 1952 she posted a mock notice around the King’s physics department
It means "faked." Someone who shows a presumed behavior is trying to show the opposite of what they are really behaving. It is also called acting out.
@Harry Batt

Could you give an example with "acting out" and show how to interchange them?
I disagree that it means "faked". To me

To Wilkins’s presumed dismay and embarrassment

means

To what I presume to have been Wilkins's dismay and embarrassment.
or
To what we must presume to have been Wilkins's dismay and embarrassment.

In other words, whether or not Wilkins truly felt dismay and embarrassment, any observer of the situation must surely presume that he did.
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