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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
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
It serves mainly to provide the regime with ostensive evidence of its power and technological progress.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
Reduction of propositions, 667. of the dilemma, 796. of disjunctive syllogisms, 766. indirect, 691. mnemonics for, 697. ostensive or direct, 673. of partly conjunctive syllogisms, 744.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
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
