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ostensible


adjective

  1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
  2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.

adjective

  1. apparent; seeming
  2. pretended

adj.1762, “capable of being shown, presentable,” from French ostensible, from Latin ostens-, past participle stem of ostendere “to show, expose to view; to stretch out, spread before; exhibit, display,” from ob “in front of” (see ob-) + tendere “to stretch” (see tenet). Meaning “apparent, professed” is from 1771.

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