Deemed
Held
Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.
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- Similarly, Marcionites held beliefs deemed maltheistic in nature, depicting God as represented in the Old Testament as a wrathful, genocidal, malicious demiurge.
Source: Useful Notes / Gnosticism -
Instead of shipping him back to a prison cell safely located on the outskirts, the hero will be deemed more useful alive, or he will be held in a poorly guarded jail cell to await sentencing.
Source: Walk into Mordor -
The Proud Warrior Race Guy is held as the ideal, and anyone who is not as much of a violent he-man is deemed inferior by the narrative.
Source: Writer on Board
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