Received

Verb
received



Adjective
the received (knowledge, wisdom, opinion, story, information)


 * 1) Generally accepted as correct or true
 * 2) (by implication) Unchallenged axioms
 * The recent revelation that East Anglia University's Climate Research Unit actively suppressed research findings contrary to the "received wisdom" of Global Warming, has severely damaged the credibility of the UN's IPCC predictions, which relied heavily on this institution's research findings.

Thesaurus
Christian, accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, admitted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed, backed, being done, believed, canonical, cathedral, certified, comme il faut, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, correct, countersigned, credited, cried up, current, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous, endorsed, established, evangelical, everyday, ex cathedra, faithful, familiar, favored, favorite, firm, fixed, folk, formal, generally accepted, granted, hallowed, handed down, heroic, highly touted, hoary, immemorial, in good odor, inveterate, legendary, literal, long-established, long-standing, magisterial, meet, mythological, normal, notarized, obtaining, of long standing, of the faith, of the folk, official, oral, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, popular, prescribed, prescriptive, prevalent, professed, proper, ratified, recognized, recommended, regular, regulation, right, rooted, sanctioned, scriptural, sealed, seemly, set, signed, sound, stamped, standard, stock, supported, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, textual, time-honored, traditional, traditionalistic, tried and true, true, true-blue, trusted, uncontested, understood, underwritten, undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, unwritten, usual, validated, venerable, warranted, well-thought-of, widespread, wonted, worshipful

Anagrams

 * deceiver