Synonyms of ostensive

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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