ostensible (adjective):
1 : intended for display : open to view
2 : being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Ostensible comes from Latin ostendere, meaning “to show,” and the word suggests a discrepancy between a declared or implied aim or reason and the true one.
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The word for today is… stubborn (adjective) - 1a(1): unreasonably unyielding : mulish (2): justifiably unyielding : resolute b: suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature 2: performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate, or persistent manner 3: difficult to handle, manage, or treat 4: lasting Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology
The word for today is… rhetorical (adjective) - 1a: of, relating to, or concerned with the art of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people b: employed for rhetorical effect 2a: given to rhetoric : grandiloquent b: verbal Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Rhetorical has
The word for today is… concomitant (adjective, noun) - adjective : accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way noun : something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else : accompaniment Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Concomitant was introduced into English at a time when many people were criticizing the use of Latinate
The word for today is… quodlibet (noun) - 1: a philosophical or theological point proposed for disputation. Also : a disputation on such a point 2: a whimsical combination of familiar melodies or texts Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : "Whatever." Try to get philosophical nowadays and that may be the response
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The word for today is… stubborn (adjective) - 1a(1): unreasonably unyielding : mulish (2): justifiably unyielding : resolute b: suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature 2: performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate, or persistent manner 3: difficult to handle, manage, or treat 4: lasting Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
