Ostensible (adj)
ost-en-sib-l
Outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.
First recorded in 1730–40; from French, from Latin ostēns(us) , variant of ostentus ( ostensive ) + French -ible -ible
Example sentences
“The ostensible aim of the visit was to gather data on climate change”
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