[おもてむきのりゆう, omotemukinoriyuu] (n) ostensible (surface) reason [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ostensible \Os*ten"si*ble\ ([o^]s*t[e^]n"s[i^]*b'l), a. [From L.
ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out
before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to
stretch. See {Tend}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
[R.] --Walpole.
[1913 Webster]
2. Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited;
apparent; evident.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as
opposed to {real} or {actual}; as, an ostensible reason,
motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ostensible
adj 1: 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" [syn: {apparent(a)}, {ostensible}, {seeming(a)}]
2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible
purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn:
{ostensible}, {ostensive}]
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