demonstrative
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.
serving to demonstrate; explanatory or illustrative.
serving to prove the truth of anything; indubitably conclusive.
Grammar. indicating or singling out the thing referred to. This is a demonstrative pronoun.
Grammar. a demonstrative word, as this or there.
Origin of demonstrative
1Other words from demonstrative
- 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
- pre·de·mon·stra·tive, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for demonstrative
/ (dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv) /
tending to manifest or express one's feelings easily or unreservedly
(postpositive foll by of) serving as proof; indicative
involving or characterized by demonstration: a demonstrative lecture
conclusive; indubitable: demonstrative arguments
grammar 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: Compare interrogative, relative
grammar a demonstrative word or construction
Derived forms of demonstrative
- demonstratively, adverb
- demonstrativeness, noun
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