Ostensibly legitimate

Synonyms for "ostensibly legitimate" (20 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
allegedallegedlyapparentapparent legitimacy

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
apparentlydeemedempty pretextfalse justificationformal legitimacypresumably

Related words (10)

Noun(10 words)
procedural legitimacypurportedseemingseeming validityseeminglysham justificationsupposedsupposedlysurface credibilitysurface formality

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries
adverbappearanceargumentcredibilitydiscursive markerhedge wordhedging adverbhedging languagelegitimacymanner adverbrationalereasoningvalidity

More specific

18 entries
allegedlyapparent authenticityapparent complianceapparent justificationapparent legalityapparent motiveapparent reasonapparentlyformal compliancepresumablypretextprocedural legitimacypseudo legitimacypurportedlyseeminglyspecious argument

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

16 entries
ostensibility of claimostensible evidenceostensible justificationostensible legitimacyostensible motiveostensible purposeostensible reasonostensibly legitimate authorityostensibly legitimate businessostensibly legitimate charityostensibly legitimate claimostensibly legitimate contractostensibly legitimate documentsostensibly legitimate licenseostensibly legitimate projectostensibly legitimate source

Inflections

4 entries
more ostensiblemost ostensibleostensibly legitimate claimsostensibly legitimate documents

Derivations

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