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ostensive


 
  Grep  of  noun  ostensive 
  ostensive  definition 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ostensive 
 
  The  adj  ostensive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ostensive  --  (manifestly  demonstrative) 
  2.  ostensible,  ostensive  --  (represented  or  appearing  as  such  pretended;  "His  ostensible  purpose  was  charity,  his  real  goal  popularity") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ostensive 
 
  2  senses  of  ostensive 
 
  Sense  1 
  ostensive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  instructive)  ->  uninstructive,  uninformative 
 
  Sense  2 
  ostensible,  ostensive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  counterfeit)  ->  genuine,  echt 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ostensive 
 
  2  senses  of  ostensive 
 
  Sense  1 
  ostensive 
  =>  instructive  (vs.  uninstructive),  informative 
 
  Sense  2 
  ostensible,  ostensive 
  =>  counterfeit  (vs.  genuine),  imitative 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ostensive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ostensive 
 
  ostensive  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ostensive 
  ostensive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ostensive 
 
  The  adj  ostensive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ostensive  --  (manifestly  demonstrative) 
  2.  ostensible,  ostensive  --  (represented  or  appearing  as  such  pretended;  "His  ostensible  purpose  was  charity,  his  real  goal  popularity") 



ostensive definition