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adjective
1.
characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
2.
serving to demonstrate; explanatory or illustrative.
3.
serving to prove the truth of anything; indubitably conclusive.
4.
Grammar. indicating or singling out the thing referred to. This is a demonstrative pronoun.
noun
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Demonstrative
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English demonstratif (< Middle French ) < Latin dēmonstrātīvus, equivalent to dēmonstrāt(us) (see demonstrate) + -īvus -ive
1350–1400; Middle English demonstratif (< Middle French ) < Latin dēmonstrātīvus, equivalent to dēmonstrāt(us) (see demonstrate) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
de·mon·stra·tive·ly, adverb
de·mon·stra·tive·ness, noun
non·de·mon·stra·tive, adjective
non·de·mon·stra·tive·ly, adverb
non·de·mon·stra·tive·ness, noun
EXPANDpre·de·mon·stra·tive, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Weaver, a demonstrative pitcher, kept his composure at important moments.
- It gives a demonstrative bittersweetness to a likable but small story.
- Negotiations must be backed up, when necessary, by timely and demonstrative military presence.
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World English Dictionary
| demonstrative (dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv) | |
| —adj (foll by of) | |
| 1. | tending to manifest or express one's feelings easily or unreservedly |
| 2. | serving as proof; indicative |
| 3. | involving or characterized by demonstration: a demonstrative lecture |
| 4. | conclusive; indubitable: demonstrative arguments |
| 5. | grammar interrogative Compare relative denoting or belonging to a class of determiners used to point out the individual referent or referents intended, such as this, that, these, and those |
| —n | |
| 6. | grammar a demonstrative word or construction |
| de'monstratively | |
| —adv | |
| de'monstrativeness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
demonstrative
late 14c., "that shows something," from Fr. démonstratif (14c.), from L. demonstrativus, from pp. stem of demonstrare (see demonstration). Meaning "given to outward expressions of feelings" is from 1819. Demonstrative pronoun is late 16c.
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