Today’s “Word of the Day” is “ostensibly” and it is an adverb meaning “in a way that something appears or is officially stated to be true/real, but it might not be; apparently, seemingly, allegedly, professedly, supposedly, purportedly”.
Example Sentence: “We are not debating just a documentary or a speech somebody gave in a European city or a newspaper edit somewhere. We are debating actually politics which is being conducted ostensibly as media … there is a phrase war by other means, there is also politics by other means,” Mr. Jaishankar said. He said that for a decade, a “drip, drip, drip” campaign has been going on to “shape an extremist image of India, of the government and the Prime Minister”.
This word is present in Attempt on to shape an extremist idea of India, PM: Jaishankar and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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