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Synonyms for ostensible
ɒˈstɛn sə bəlos·ten·si·ble
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apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)adjective
appearing as such but not necessarily so
"for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
ostensible, ostensiveadjective
represented or appearing as such; pretended
"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
Synonyms:
seeming(a), apparent(a), ostensive
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4407 | visible | |
#5499 | declared | |
#6338 | apparent | |
#10132 | nominal | |
#13329 | manifest | |
#16784 | outward | |
#33694 | pretended | |
#42294 | professed | |
#66672 | avowed | |
#87373 | ostensible |
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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
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