ostension
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French ostension, in turn from Latin ostensiō, ostensiōnem.
Noun[edit]
ostension (countable and uncountable, plural ostensions)
- (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, :
- And ostension is one perfectly familiar way of introducing a concept.
- (obsolete) An act of showing or demonstrating.
- (Christianity) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.