ostensible

adj.
Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.

[French, from Medieval Latin ostēnsibilis, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show : ob-, ob- + tendere, to stretch.]

ostensibly os·ten'si·bly adv.

adjective

Appearing as such but not necessarily so: apparent, external, ostensive, outward, seeming, superficial. See surface/depth.

adj

Definition: alleged, supposed
Antonyms: genuine, improbable, obscure, real, unlikely, vague

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Apparent; visible; exhib- ited.

Ostensible authority is power that a principal, either by design or through the absence of ordinary care, permits others to believe his or her agent possesses.

IN BRIEF: Outward appearance.

The ostensible purpose of the parade was to celebrate the day, but the prolific political posters made it clear it was part of a campaign.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilsyneladende, skin-, påstået, angiven

Nederlands (Dutch)
ogenschijnlijk

Français (French)
adj. - apparent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - angeblich, Schein-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φαινομενικός, κατά τα φαινόμενα, δήθεν

Italiano (Italian)
apparente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ostensivo, aparente

Русский (Russian)
показной, явный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ostensible, aparente, manifiesto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skenbar, påstådd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
表面的, 假装的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 表面的, 假裝的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 표면상의, 허울만의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 表向きの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ظاهري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלכאורה, נראה, מדומה‬

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