I do not understand Tom's ostensible contempt for the sartorial concerns of his peers.
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Ostensible
//ɑˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl//
Synonyms for "ostensible" (109 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- привиден adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
- фиктивен adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
- явен adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Catalan
2 entries- ostensible adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- ostensible adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
Danish
1 entries- åbenlys adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Dutch
2 entries- kennelijk adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- klaarblijkelijk adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝajna adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
Finnish
2 entries- näennäinen adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- näennäinen adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
French
2 entries- ostensible adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- ostensible adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
German
4 entries- angeblich adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
- anscheinend adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- augenscheinlich adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- offenbar adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Greek
1 entries- φαινομενικός adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Middle English
1 entries- semly adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
Portuguese
3 entries- aparente adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- aparente adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
- pretenso adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
Russian
3 entries- очевидный adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- формальный adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
- явный adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- návodnī adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- tòbožnjī adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Spanish
2 entries- ostensible adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- ostensible adj (appearing as such; professed, supposed)
Swedish
2 entries- påstådd adj (meant for open display; apparent)
- skenbar adj (meant for open display; apparent)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.
Source: wiktionary
In witch-trials the conflict was officially defined as between the accused and God, or between the accused and the Catholic (later Protestant) church, as God's earthly representative. […] Behind the ostensible conflict of the witch-trial lay the usual conflicts of social class, values, and human relationships.
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The ostensible reason this provision was added to a bill on international trade is to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a grass-roots campaign that seeks to pressure Israel to change its policies toward the Palestinians.
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