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ostensible

[ o-sten-suh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended:

    an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.

  2. Rare. apparent, evident, or conspicuous:

    the ostensible truth of their theories.



ostensible

/ ɒˈɛԲɪə /

adjective

  1. apparent; seeming
  2. pretended
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˌٱԲˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz·ٱ·· adverb
  • ԴDz·Dz·ٱ·· adjective
  • ܲ·Dz·ٱ·· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ostensible1

First recorded in 1730–40; from French, from Latin DzŧԲ(ܲ) , variant of ostentus ( ostensive ) + French -ible -ible
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ostensible1

C18: via French from Medieval Latin ostensibilis, from Latin ostendere to show, from ob- before + tendere to extend
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The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.

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With swathes of bushland and ocean all around, the ostensible ease of concealing a body in Antigua may partly explain the absence of answers many families suffer.

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An ostensible crackdown on “waste, fraud and abuse” inside the Social Security Administration is making giving birth even more complicated for some Americans.

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Friday’s meeting was arranged to discuss Trump’s demand for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, ostensible “payback” for US military support.

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And even the fiercest critics of the tariffs bent a knee to Trump’s ostensible but exaggerated rationale for the tariffs, the flow of fentanyl and undocumented workers coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico.

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