ostensive definition
Philosophy and Linguistics
noun
Explanation of the signification of a term by direct demonstration or by indication of an object to which it applies.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), logician.
- rub someone out
- rub something down
- rub something out
- rubster
- rubstone
- rub-up
- rubus
- ruby
- ruby anniversary
- ruby-back
- ruby-backed
- ruby blende
- ruby copper
- ruby coral
- ruby-crested
- ruby-crowned
- ruby-crowned kinglet
- ruby-crowned wren
- rubydazzler
- ruby glass
- ruby-headed
- ruby hole
- Ruby, Jack
- ruby laser
- Ruby Mountains