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单词 ostension
释义

ostension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ostension, in turn from Latin ostensiō, ostensiōnem.

Noun

ostension (countable and uncountable, plural ostensions)

  1. (philosophy) The act of presenting an ostensive definition.
    • 2008 November 22, Richard Fumerton, “Luminous enough for a cognitive home”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, DOI:10.1007/s11098-008-9301-6:
      And ostension is one perfectly familiar way of introducing a concept.
  2. (obsolete) An act of showing or demonstrating.
  3. (Christianity) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
  • ostend
  • ostensive
  • ostentation
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