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ostensible
adjective
(os-ten-si-ble)
represented or appearing as such; pretended
Synonyms:
ostensive
,
Examples:
His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity.
ostensible
adjective
(os-ten-si-ble)
appearing as such but not necessarily so
Synonyms:
apparent
,
seeming
,
Examples:
The ostensible truth of their theories.
Words Related to
ostensible
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seeming
,
apparent
,
ostensive
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superficial
,
imitative
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
blatant
,
evident
,
manifest
,
visible
,
declared
,
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,
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,
formal
,
putative
,
unstated
,
undeniable
,
ulterior
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
unwonted
,
sole
,
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,
latter
,
shameless
,
tangential
,
monomaniacal
,
mere
,
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,
aforementioned
,
singular
,
erstwhile
,
ersatz
,
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,
main
,
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,
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,
unabashed
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
sedulous
,
genuine
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
risible
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
beethovenian
,
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,
mealymouthed
,
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wilsonian
,
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,
bathetic
,
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,
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,
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,
unmentioned
,
onanistic
,
nietzschean
,
praetorian
,
unctuous
,
thickheaded
,
maleficent
,
implicit
,
benthamite
,
ostensible
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