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What is "ostensive" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does ostensive mean in English? Meaning of ostensive definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "ostensive" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "ostensive": manifestly demonstrative

Adjective

  • Meaning: manifestly demonstrative
  • Synonyms: ostensive
  • Similar: informative instructive

    • Meaning of "ostensive": represented or appearing as such; pretended

    Adjective

  • Meaning: represented or appearing as such; pretended
  • Example: His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity
  • Synonyms: ostensible ostensive
  • Similar: counterfeit imitative
  • Adjective: Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensibleClearly demonstrative.

    • Synonyms:

    credible, external, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible, probable, seeming, specious, superficial, supposed, suppositious, semblant,

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    ostensive in English: ostensive
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