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ostensible

/ɑ'stɛnsɪbəl/

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adjective
represented or appearing as such; pretended
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"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

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ostensive counterfeit imitative
adjective
appearing as such but not necessarily so
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"the ostensible truth of their theories"

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apparent seeming superficial

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