Ostensible - Definition
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]