1. Methods that appear to be true, genuine, or official on the surface, but may conceal a different true purpose or intention
The company used ostensible methods of customer service to mask their true profit-driven agenda.
A empresa utilizou métodos aparentes de atendimento ao cliente para mascarar sua verdadeira agenda orientada pelo lucro.
2. Seemingly legitimate approaches or procedures that may actually be deceptive or misleading
Through ostensible methods of reform, the government maintained its authoritarian control.
Por meio de métodos aparentes de reforma, o governo manteve seu controle autoritário.