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Meanings of ostensive in English

Represented or appearing as such; pretended.

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Examples for "ostensible"
1
The ostensible object of the insurgents now is not the real one.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
2
The state of his health was the ostensible cause of his departure.
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men / First Series
3
At noon I dropped our ostensible position back the other ten miles.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
4
Nor had he been sent out with this ostensible object in view.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
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Well, under the ostensible guise of protecting our liberties, they compromise them.
The Verge
Usage of ostensive in English
1
The problem of direct, or ostensive, reduction is this-
Deductive Logic
2
Explain the meaning of "ostensive" and "indirect" Reduction.
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
Ostensive through the time