Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Seeming or professed; ostensible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Showing; betokening.
- Setting forth a general principle by virtue of which a proposition must be true. The old logicians supposed all strict proof to be either of this nature or else apagogic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Showing; exhibiting.
- adjective (Math.) a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the
apagogical orindirect method.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Apparently true, but not necessarily;ostensible - adjective Clearly
demonstrative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective represented or appearing as such; pretended
- adjective manifestly demonstrative
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Therefore we can not tolerate such an ostensive rejection of western civilization, and its key values.
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The free traders gave it away for the ostensive reason of access to a billion new customers in China.
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We might try this ostensive definition: it is the culture, mental framework, and social reality of the world created by the industrial revolution, mass society, urban life, and mass literacy and communication.
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We might try this ostensive definition: it is the culture, mental framework, and social reality of the world created by the industrial revolution, mass society, urban life, and mass literacy and communication.
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The Chinese fueled Clinton's apparent economic success, not the ostensive 'sound' economic policies Clinton practiced.
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GT 2006-08-31: Well, thank God #6: Raed Jarrar and ostensive definitions
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GT 2006-08-31: Well, thank God #6: Raed Jarrar and ostensive definitions
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GT 2006-08-31: Well, thank God #6: Raed Jarrar and ostensive definitions
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As for the potted history of post-revolutionary France, it is, for all its ostensive authority, an attempt to justify the means by the end.
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GT 2006-08-31: Well, thank God #6: Raed Jarrar and ostensive definitions
qroqqa commented on the word ostensive
In linguistics or philosophy, an ostensive definition is one made by pointing something out: 'That's an okapi.'
August 7, 2008