Definitions for ostensive definition

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ostensive definition(noun)

    a definition that points out or exhibits instances of the term defined

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  1. ostensive definition(Noun)

    A process of binding the meaning to the defined term by pointing out examples and counterexamples.


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