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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