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Adjective
- 1. ostensive, instructive (vs. uninstructive), informative
- usage: manifestly demonstrative
- 2. ostensible, ostensive, counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative
- usage: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
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Definition and meaning of ostensive (Dictionary)