ostensive
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Such has been the trope of the rom-com since Carole Lombard crumpled in the arms of John Barrymore, but today’s ostensive “trainwrecks” transcend the genre and the Hollywood arena.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2015
No proof, in a question of that nature, can be so showy and ostensive to a stranger as that which is supplied by this vindictive pamphlet.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by Thomas De Quincey
Apagogic, -al, ap-a-goj′ik, -al, adj. proving indirectly by an apagoge or reduction to an absurdity, the truth of the thesis being evinced through the falsehood of its opposite—opposed to direct or ostensive proof.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The third rule for the guidance of pure reason in the conduct of a proof is that all transcendental proofs must never be apagogic or indirect, but always ostensive or direct.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
Explain the meaning of "ostensive" and "indirect" Reduction.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
