demonstrable
Use Demonstrable in a sentence
strə adjective
1.
capable of being demonstrated or proved.
2.
clearly evident; obvious: a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin dēmonstrābilis, equivalent to Latin dēmonstrā(re) (see demonstrate) + -bilis -ble
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin dēmonstrābilis, equivalent to Latin dēmonstrā(re) (see demonstrate) + -bilis -ble
Related forms
de·mon·stra·bil·i·ty, de·mon·stra·ble·ness, noun
de·mon·stra·bly, adverb
non·de·mon·stra·bil·i·ty, noun
non·de·mon·stra·ble, adjective
non·de·mon·stra·ble·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| able to be demonstrated or proved | |
| demonstra'bility | |
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| 'demonstrableness | |
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| demonstrably | |
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Word Origin & History
demonstrable
c.1400, from L. demonstrabilis, from demonstrare (see demonstration). Related: Demonstrably (1640s).
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Example sentences
In other words, the distinction is one that they have found to be clinically demonstrable.
Hence the familiar ideas continue to be repeated, long past their demonstrable validity.
The desire to have demonstrable proof about whether or not there are innate differences is beside the point.
The elites have their place and their value, but excessive focus on the elite is historically demonstrable as a bad idea.
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