Nominal
Nominal adjective - Being something in name or form only.
Usage example: he was the nominal head of state—everyone knew the country was actually run by one of his advisers
Supposed is a synonym for nominal in doubtful topic. In some cases you can use "Supposed" instead an adjective "Nominal", when it comes to topics like theoretical, titular.
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- Ego: Superman — The tiebreaker; tries to hold the other two to the heroic ideals that are supposed to be the nominal goal of superheroes.
Source: Freudian Trio / Comic Books - Nominal Hero: Alright, Briggs is supposed to be humanity's last hope and greatest hero.
Source: Video Game / Limbo of the Lost - In the Castle episode "A Dance With Death", the person Beckett found dead and thought she'd identified, turned out to actually be the supposed murder victim's hired body double, who, after the nominal victim died a year previously, had been pulling a Dead Person Impersonation.
Source: Body Double
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