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

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 Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Explain the meaning of "ostensive" and "indirect" Reduction.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

This instinct is far stronger and has more very ostensive outcrops than in any other age and land, and it is less controlled by the authority of school or the home.

From Creative Impulse in Industry A Proposition for Educators by Marot, Helen

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 De Quincey, Thomas