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English adjective: ostensive

1. ostensive manifestly demonstrative


Similarinformative, instructive


Antonymsuninstructive

2. ostensive represented or appearing as such; pretended


SamplesHis ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity.


Synonymsostensible


Similarcounterfeit, imitative


Antonymsecht, genuine









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