Meaning & use
Professed
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Claimed or declared openly, though not necessarily sincerely or truthfully.
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He was a professed vegetarian who secretly ate meat.
Her professed admiration for the artist seemed genuine.
A note on using this word
Often implies a degree of doubt about whether the claim is entirely true.
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Words with an opposite meaning
hiddensecret
Another way to use it
2. verb
Declared or stated openly.
She professed her love for him in a letter.
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