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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-846/
- Published: 2022-05-24T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-27T19:55:21.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

ostensible (adjective):

1 : intended for display : open to view  
2 : being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ostensible?ref=goodoil.news)

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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