About The Word Ostensive
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Ostensive
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What's The Definition Of Ostensive?
[adj] represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
[adj] manifestly demonstrative Synonyms | Synonyms for Ostensive: counterfeit | imitative | informative | instructive | ostensible Related Terms | Find terms related to Ostensive: See Also | Ostensive In Webster's Dictionary \Os*ten"sive\, a.
Showing; exhibiting.
{Ostensive demonstration} (Math.), a direct or positive
demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect
method.
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