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Ostension

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ostension is a noun meaning (philosophy) The act of presenting an ostensive definition.

Meaning

(philosophy) The act of presenting an ostensive definition.

More Meanings

  1. (human communication) An act of showing or demonstrating.
  2. (Christianity) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
  3. (Folkloristics) Real-life events that parallel well-known events from myth and folklore

Example Sentences

And ostension is one perfectly familiar way of introducing a concept.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include opponency, opination, opining, assertation, essoignment, statement.

opponencyopinationopiningassertationessoignmentstatementdefinementconstatationaddressationpropoundmentassertingthesisrepresentationdefinitionasservationexponencedeterminationobjurationsustentatio

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