ostensible in WordNet English dictionary

1. appearing as such but not necessarily so
   "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
   apparent  ostensible  seeming 
   
2. represented or appearing as such; pretended
   "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
   ostensible  ostensive