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What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
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Meaning of "ostensibly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OSTENSIBLY

ostensibly  [ɒˈstɛnsɪblɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OSTENSIBLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ostensibly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES OSTENSIBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ostensibly in the English dictionary

The definition of ostensibly in the dictionary is apparently; seemingly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OSTENSIBLY


accessibly
əkˈsɛsɪblɪ
defensibly
dɪˈfɛnsɪblɪ
evincibly
ɪˈvɪnsɪblɪ
impermissibly
ˌɪmpəˈmɪsɪblɪ
inaccessibly
ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪblɪ
insensibly
ɪnˈsɛnsɪblɪ
invincibly
ɪnˈvɪnsɪblɪ
irreducibly
ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪblɪ
irresponsibly
ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪblɪ
irreversibly
ˌɪrɪˈvɜːsɪblɪ
permissibly
pəˈmɪsɪblɪ
possibly
ˈpɒsɪblɪ
reprehensibly
ˌreprɪˈhensɪblɪ
reproducibly
ˌriːprəˈdjuːsɪblɪ
reversibly
rɪˈvɜːsɪblɪ
sensibly
ˈsensɪblɪ
supersensibly
ˌsuːpəˈsensɪblɪ
tensibly
ˈtensɪblɪ
unsensibly
ʌnˈsensɪblɪ
vincibly
ˈvɪnsɪblɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OSTENSIBLY

osteal
osteichthyan
osteitic
osteitides
osteitis
osteitis deformans
Ostend
Ostende
ostensibility
ostensible
ostensive
ostensively
ostensories
ostensorium
ostensory
ostent
ostentation
ostentatious
ostentatiously
osteoarchaeology

WORDS THAT END LIKE OSTENSIBLY

comprehensibly
expansibly
feasibly
fusibly
implausibly
impossibly
incomprehensibly
incredibly
indefeasibly
indefensibly
indivisibly
inexpressibly
insuppressibly
invisibly
irremissibly
irreprehensibly
irrepressibly
plausibly
responsibly
risibly
visibly

Synonyms and antonyms of ostensibly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OSTENSIBLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ostensibly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ostensibly

Translation of «ostensibly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OSTENSIBLY

Find out the translation of ostensibly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ostensibly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ostensibly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

表面上
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ostensiblemente
570 millions of speakers

English

ostensibly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जाहिरा तौर पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ظاهريا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

якобы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ostensivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাহ্যত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en apparence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seolah-olah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angeblich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表向きは
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표면 상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesthine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mạo nhận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேம்போக்காக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरवर पाहता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

görünüşte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apparentemente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rzekomo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нібито
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aparent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαινομενικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oënskynlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skenbart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilsynelatende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ostensibly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTENSIBLY»

The term «ostensibly» is very widely used and occupies the 22.634 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTENSIBLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ostensibly

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5 QUOTES WITH «OSTENSIBLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ostensibly.
1
Maggie Gallagher
In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.
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Moby
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
3
Eskinder Nega
I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia's overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the 'planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt' of terrorist acts.
4
John Shirley
Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.
5
Bob Weir
We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTENSIBLY»

Discover the use of ostensibly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ostensibly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements Fourth ...
In philosophy we sometimes meet, and sometimes may feel inclined to use, the expression 'If I remember or ostensibly remember' or 'If I at least ostensibly remember.' (To the question 'ostensibly to whom?' the answer is clearly 'to myself' .) ...
Lewis, H D, 2014
2
Transaminases—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 ...
Whether cotreatment with ostensibly ineffectual (without effect on customary clinical liver function tests, such as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase) doses of cadmium (Cd) and LPS cause liver damage is still unknown,” ...
‎2012
3
Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
A subject in possession of the concept of a headache would ostensibly introspect that he suffered a headache if and only if he did, and this deliverance of introspection would thereby track outright the truth that it delivers. Unlike perception ...
Chienkuo Mi, Ruey-lin Chen, 2007
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The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology
It is largely such factors, that is to say, which determine whether or not <p> would be so delivered to S if and only if it were true. A subject in possession of the concept of a headache would ostensibly introspect that he suffered a headache if  ...
Paul K. Moser, 2002
5
Philosophy after Objectivity
Such interpretation yields conditions of success for the tokens interpreted. These conditions of success derive from what an indicator or expression ostensibly seeks to achieve, in virtue of one's interpretation constitutive of its meaning for one.
Paul K. Moser, 1999
6
What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical ...
125), in which Democritus introduces the intellect (8ttivoia) having an argument with the senses (aiaGrjaeic;) about what is 'real'. The former says: 'Ostensibly there is colour, ostensibly sweetness, ostensibly bitterness, actually only atoms and ...
Erwin Schrödinger, 1992
7
House of Commons Papers
Yes ; it was the general understanding that money was given for Captain Gronow . Did you employ Grattidge for any purpose at that election ? — I wished to employ him, as he ostensibly was employed. How do you mean by ostensibly ?
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1836
8
Logic Matters
I produced an example in which an ostensibly referring expression was not replaceable even salva congmitate by the proper name of the object ostensibly referred to, and this although there were none of the complications just mentioned; and ...
Peter Thomas Geach, 1972
9
ESP and Psychokinesis: A Philosophical Examination
So at the very best, the case described is one in which we are entitled to regard P as ostensibly paranormal. Now I observed that we want our definition of “ paranormal” to respect our classification of phenomena as ostensibly paranormal .
Stephen E. Braude, 2002
10
Realism and Quantum Physics
This is to say that these presumptions, etc. "import" to the theoretical ideology something essentially "foreign" to what this theory does ostensibly talk about, thus forming the corresponding bias in respect to it. As a result, the theoretical ideology ...
Evandro Agazzi, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSTENSIBLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ostensibly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
State briefs: Disputed Houston County sand mine wins at Appeals …
... won a legal challenge against the state Department of Natural Resources this week, ostensibly clearing the way for the resumption of mining. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
The struck-off gynecologist Bill Cosby turned to for Quaaludes
Cosby says he received seven prescriptions for Quaaludes, all of which were obtained from Amar, a gynecologist, ostensibly for a sore back. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
MTN-Qhubeka, the Tour de France's Bad News Bears, prove a …
Ostensibly one of the least offensive, most humble sportsmen of modern times, what is his reward? He has had urine thrown in his face and had ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Nicki Minaj at PNC: Thumping rap party earns a little maturity …
... felt considerably more human than past works. "Crying Game" even featured a graceful ballerina on stage, to some ostensibly artistic effect. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
5
Camp of approval: The (surprising) return of Wet Hot American …
Ostensibly a parody of the tiny, niche summer-camp movie boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s – think Meatballs, Porky's, and, um, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
6
Singapore Bookshelf
A novel that is ostensibly about a man mourning the death of his wife in a car accident, The Widower was first published in Malay in 1998. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
7
Wise Guys: Jeffrey Webb and Enrique Sanz took over CONCACAF …
... sports cars, a heap of luxury watches, all ostensibly acquired by a soccer administrator long adept at navigating the Cayman Islands' famous ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Human DNA Profiling Bill Waiting in the Wings
While Aadhaar devised ostensibly to provide targeted social subsidy, the objective of Human DNA Profiling Bill is to assist criminal/civil ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
9
Top Syrian Opposition Groups Reach Accord in Brussels
The agreement ostensibly brings together the two largest opposition groupings in Syria, but the influence of the accord at this stage of the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
10
The NFL Has a Gambling Problem
So why is the NFL, which ostensibly hates gambling and all its sordidness, making this claim? "The NFL used to argue that gambling would ... «VICE, Jul 15»

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