ostensiveadj.

Brit.

/ɒˈstɛnsɪv/, U.S.

/əˈstɛnsɪv/

Forms: 1600s ostensiue, 1600s– ostensive; also Scottish pre-1700 ostensewe, pre-1700 ostensyve, pre-1700 ostensywe.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostensif; Latin ostensivus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French ostensif, ostensive (c1330) and its etymon post-classical Latin ostensivus (in syllogismus ostensivus , Boethius Aristotelis Analytica (beginning of the 6th cent.); frequently in British sources 1267–1416) < classical Latin ostens- , past participial stem of ostendere ostend v.¹ + -īvus -ive suffix.

a. Denotative; directly or manifestly demonstrative. Chiefly in Logic: (of a proof, method, etc.) setting out a general principle manifestly including the proposition to be proved; direct (as opposed to indirect). Cf. ostensive reduction n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > having property or function of

ostensivec1570

exhibitive1596

reflective1640

declarative1642

manifestative1642

eductive1654

manifestive1846

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > logically, directly

ostensivec1570

demonstrative1581

scientifical1588

scientific1637

deictical1638

scientificial1646

monstrative1653

deictic1828

c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 20^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Ostensive) Ane pwnt..is the leist and smallest sing ostensewe of noitis evidently institut to be appoint.

c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 25, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Ostensive) Certane tablis mair ostensyve to lectoris..schawand be signis the nummerable strenth of ewerry noittis.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Oo2 The Proposition..reduced to the Principle..they terme a Probation ostensiue .

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. ix. §1 It hath beene manifested..by ostensiue proofe from Scriptures.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. ix. 42 Reduction is either ostensive or else by way of impossible.

1711 Brit. Apollo 11–13 Apr. We cannot give an Ostensive Demonstration of this.

1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 305 The two species of mathematics—the Geometric or Ostensive, and the Algebraic or Symbolical.

1936 A. J. Ayer Lang. Truth & Logic v. 127 A proposition would be ostensive only if it recorded what was immediately experienced, without referring in any way beyond.

1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 40 Ostensive meaning. ‘Specification’ as a category of linguistic experience may encompass such varied grammatical classes as articles, ordinal numerals, and deictics... It is perhaps particularly to the area of deixis that ‘ostensiveness’ belongs.

1993 Appl. Linguistics 14 102 Ingram's strategy for achieving his goal of enabling his readers to practice language acquisition research is essentially ostensive; he provides examples of good practice, but makes only occasional attempts to define what constitutes good practice.

†b. Professedly demonstrative, specious. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 238 No proof..can be so showy and ostensive to a stranger, as that which is supplied by this vindictive pamphlet.

1848 D. P. Thompson Lucy Hosmer 76 That regret—that drawback of feeling which too often attends ostensive benevolence.

2. That shows directly; explicit, declarative.

ΚΠ

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Ostensive..Showing; betokening.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xix. 661 The ideas of reason are heuristic, not ostensive, they enable us to ask a question, not to give the answer.

1934 Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. 13 66 When the psychologist says ‘I am in awe of you’ means ‘I fear and admire you’ he is giving a more ostensive but still same-level translation of the first sentence.

1961 R. D. Laing Self & Others xiii. 154 An ostensive statement is really an injunction. Ostensive statement: ‘It's cold’. Injunction: ‘Put on the fire’.

†3. = ostensible adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > of motives or purposes: ostensible

ostensive1782

ostensible1847

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. xi. 201 I have always observed, that where one scheme answers two purposes, the ostensive is never the purpose most at heart.

1815 Zeluca II. 251 She was aware of a motive to the visit, in addition to the ostensive one.

1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iii. 413 Else, wherefore thus, No cause ostensive..Desert the people?

Compounds

ostensive definition n. Philosophy and Linguistics explanation of the signification of a term by direct demonstration or by indication of an object to which it applies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition

nominal definition1697

genetic definitiona1856

ostensive definition1921

ostension1939

stipulative definition1950

1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. vi. 94 We may now introduce the technical term ‘ostensive’ which will suggest as its opposite the familiar term ‘intensive’... Imposing a name in the act of indicating, presenting or introducing the object to which the name is to apply,..this it is that constitutes ostensive definition.

1950 R. Robinson Definition ii. 15 ‘Ostensive definition’ is the name of a method, the method that makes use of pointing or physical introduction.

1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 21 One might under adverse conditions learn a human language, by ostensive definition and the like.

1985 A. Kenny Path from Rome (1986) viii. 108 The experience of the mystics provides an ostensive definition of the word ‘God’.

ostensive reduction n. Logic reduction by the direct processes of conversion, permutation, and transposition (opposed to indirect reduction).

ΚΠ

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. ix. 42 Reduction is either ostensive or else by way of impossible.]

a1831 R. Whately Logic in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 211 In these ways (which are called Ostensive Reduction..) all the imperfect Moods may be reduced to the four perfect ones.

1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xvii. 150 The simpler process of direct or as it is often called ostensive reduction.

1962 T. P. Kiernan Aristotle Dict. 34 A demonstration to the impossible differs from the ostensive reduction in that it admits what it wishes to subvert leading to an acknowledged falsehood, but the ostensive commences from the assumed premises.

Derivatives

oˈstensiveness n. the state or quality of being ostensive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition > state of being ostensive

ostensiveness1933

1933 Mind 42 190 (heading) Tests for ostensiveness.

1962 Jrnl. Philos. 59 126 Epistemological simplicity is degree of ostensiveness, or fewness of..concepts..which, like ‘conductivity’, ‘choice’, and ‘love’, have no referents that can be pointed to and no sense data that can be reduced to.

1996 M. Toolan Integrational Ling. Approach to Lang. 190 How can certain stimuli signal their own intended ostensiveness, prior to the recipient's search for the relevance of the information that the stimulus allegedly singles out?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ostensive
释义	ostensiveadj. Brit. /ɒˈstɛnsɪv/, U.S. /əˈstɛnsɪv/ Forms: 1600s ostensiue, 1600s– ostensive; also Scottish pre-1700 ostensewe, pre-1700 ostensyve, pre-1700 ostensywe. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostensif; Latin ostensivus. Etymology: < Middle French, French ostensif, ostensive (c1330) and its etymon post-classical Latin ostensivus (in syllogismus ostensivus , Boethius Aristotelis Analytica (beginning of the 6th cent.); frequently in British sources 1267–1416) < classical Latin ostens- , past participial stem of ostendere ostend v.¹ + -īvus -ive suffix. 1. a. Denotative; directly or manifestly demonstrative. Chiefly in Logic: (of a proof, method, etc.) setting out a general principle manifestly including the proposition to be proved; direct (as opposed to indirect). Cf. ostensive reduction n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > having property or function of ostensivec1570 exhibitive1596 reflective1640 declarative1642 manifestative1642 eductive1654 manifestive1846 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > logically, directly ostensivec1570 demonstrative1581 scientifical1588 scientific1637 deictical1638 scientificial1646 monstrative1653 deictic1828 c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 20^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Ostensive) Ane pwnt..is the leist and smallest sing ostensewe of noitis evidently institut to be appoint. c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 25, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Ostensive) Certane tablis mair ostensyve to lectoris..schawand be signis the nummerable strenth of ewerry noittis. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Oo2 The Proposition..reduced to the Principle..they terme a Probation ostensiue . View more context for this quotation 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. ix. §1 It hath beene manifested..by ostensiue proofe from Scriptures. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. ix. 42 Reduction is either ostensive or else by way of impossible. 1711 Brit. Apollo 11–13 Apr. We cannot give an Ostensive Demonstration of this. 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 305 The two species of mathematics—the Geometric or Ostensive, and the Algebraic or Symbolical. 1936 A. J. Ayer Lang. Truth & Logic v. 127 A proposition would be ostensive only if it recorded what was immediately experienced, without referring in any way beyond. 1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 40 Ostensive meaning. ‘Specification’ as a category of linguistic experience may encompass such varied grammatical classes as articles, ordinal numerals, and deictics... It is perhaps particularly to the area of deixis that ‘ostensiveness’ belongs. 1993 Appl. Linguistics 14 102 Ingram's strategy for achieving his goal of enabling his readers to practice language acquisition research is essentially ostensive; he provides examples of good practice, but makes only occasional attempts to define what constitutes good practice. †b. Professedly demonstrative, specious. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 238 No proof..can be so showy and ostensive to a stranger, as that which is supplied by this vindictive pamphlet. 1848 D. P. Thompson Lucy Hosmer 76 That regret—that drawback of feeling which too often attends ostensive benevolence. 2. That shows directly; explicit, declarative. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Ostensive..Showing; betokening. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xix. 661 The ideas of reason are heuristic, not ostensive, they enable us to ask a question, not to give the answer. 1934 Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. 13 66 When the psychologist says ‘I am in awe of you’ means ‘I fear and admire you’ he is giving a more ostensive but still same-level translation of the first sentence. 1961 R. D. Laing Self & Others xiii. 154 An ostensive statement is really an injunction. Ostensive statement: ‘It's cold’. Injunction: ‘Put on the fire’. †3. = ostensible adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > of motives or purposes: ostensible ostensive1782 ostensible1847 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. xi. 201 I have always observed, that where one scheme answers two purposes, the ostensive is never the purpose most at heart. 1815 Zeluca II. 251 She was aware of a motive to the visit, in addition to the ostensive one. 1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iii. 413 Else, wherefore thus, No cause ostensive..Desert the people? Compounds ostensive definition n. Philosophy and Linguistics explanation of the signification of a term by direct demonstration or by indication of an object to which it applies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition nominal definition1697 genetic definitiona1856 ostensive definition1921 ostension1939 stipulative definition1950 1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. vi. 94 We may now introduce the technical term ‘ostensive’ which will suggest as its opposite the familiar term ‘intensive’... Imposing a name in the act of indicating, presenting or introducing the object to which the name is to apply,..this it is that constitutes ostensive definition. 1950 R. Robinson Definition ii. 15 ‘Ostensive definition’ is the name of a method, the method that makes use of pointing or physical introduction. 1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 21 One might under adverse conditions learn a human language, by ostensive definition and the like. 1985 A. Kenny Path from Rome (1986) viii. 108 The experience of the mystics provides an ostensive definition of the word ‘God’. ostensive reduction n. Logic reduction by the direct processes of conversion, permutation, and transposition (opposed to indirect reduction). ΚΠ 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. ix. 42 Reduction is either ostensive or else by way of impossible.] a1831 R. Whately Logic in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 211 In these ways (which are called Ostensive Reduction..) all the imperfect Moods may be reduced to the four perfect ones. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xvii. 150 The simpler process of direct or as it is often called ostensive reduction. 1962 T. P. Kiernan Aristotle Dict. 34 A demonstration to the impossible differs from the ostensive reduction in that it admits what it wishes to subvert leading to an acknowledged falsehood, but the ostensive commences from the assumed premises. Derivatives oˈstensiveness n. the state or quality of being ostensive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition > state of being ostensive ostensiveness1933 1933 Mind 42 190 (heading) Tests for ostensiveness. 1962 Jrnl. Philos. 59 126 Epistemological simplicity is degree of ostensiveness, or fewness of..concepts..which, like ‘conductivity’, ‘choice’, and ‘love’, have no referents that can be pointed to and no sense data that can be reduced to. 1996 M. Toolan Integrational Ling. Approach to Lang. 190 How can certain stimuli signal their own intended ostensiveness, prior to the recipient's search for the relevance of the information that the stimulus allegedly singles out? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1570
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