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OSTENSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ostensive mean? 

OSTENSIVE (adjective)
  The adjective OSTENSIVE has 2 senses:

1. manifestly demonstrativeplay

2. represented or appearing as such; pretendedplay

  Familiarity information: OSTENSIVE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OSTENSIVE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Manifestly demonstrative

Similar:

informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Represented or appearing as such; pretended

Synonyms:

ostensible; ostensive

Context example:

His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity

Similar:

counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)


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