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An ostensibly perfect world destroys itself




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  • ostensibly - "As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently." If that is the meaning you're want to imply by using that word, then yes, it works. A good way to find alternatives to words is by looking at synonyms in a thesaurus.
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Does ostensibly make sense in this sentence?




An ostensibly perfect world destroys itself




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A so-called perfect world destroyed itself




But so-called is not very academic.



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  • ostensibly - "As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently." If that is the meaning you're want to imply by using that word, then yes, it works. A good way to find alternatives to words is by looking at synonyms in a thesaurus.
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Does ostensibly make sense in this sentence?




An ostensibly perfect world destroys itself




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A so-called perfect world destroyed itself




But so-called is not very academic.



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  • ostensibly - "As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently." If that is the meaning you're want to imply by using that word, then yes, it works. A good way to find alternatives to words is by looking at synonyms in a thesaurus.
    – Gwendolyn
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  • ostensibly - "As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently." If that is the meaning you're want to imply by using that word, then yes, it works. A good way to find alternatives to words is by looking at synonyms in a thesaurus.
    – Gwendolyn
    1 hour ago










  • @Gwendolyn Thank you!
    – MarsNebulaSoup
    1 hour ago
















ostensibly - "As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently." If that is the meaning you're want to imply by using that word, then yes, it works. A good way to find alternatives to words is by looking at synonyms in a thesaurus.
– Gwendolyn
1 hour ago




ostensibly - "As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently." If that is the meaning you're want to imply by using that word, then yes, it works. A good way to find alternatives to words is by looking at synonyms in a thesaurus.
– Gwendolyn
1 hour ago












@Gwendolyn Thank you!
– MarsNebulaSoup
1 hour ago




@Gwendolyn Thank you!
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