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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 demonstrative
2. represented or appearing as such; pretended
Familiarity information: OSTENSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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