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Adjective: ostensive  ó'sten-siv
  1. Manifestly demonstrative
     
  2. Represented or appearing as such; pretended
    "His ostensive purpose was charity, his real goal popularity";
    - ostensible

See also: counterfeit, imitative, informative, instructive

Encyclopedia: Ostensive