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demonstrative

[ duh-mon-struh-tiv ]

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

  1. Grammar. a demonstrative word, as this or there.

demonstrative

/ ɪˈɒԲٰəɪ /

adjective

  1. tending to manifest or express one's feelings easily or unreservedly
  2. postpositivefoll byof serving as proof; indicative
  3. involving or characterized by demonstration

    a demonstrative lecture

  4. conclusive; indubitable

    demonstrative arguments

  5. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. grammar a demonstrative word or construction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲٰپ, adverb
  • ˈDzԲٰپԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Dzsٰ·پ· adverb
  • ·Dzsٰ·پ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzd·Dzsٰ·پ adjective
  • non·Dzsٰ·پ· adverb
  • non·Dzsٰ·پ·Ա noun
  • d·Dzsٰ·پ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of demonstrative1

1350–1400; Middle English demonstratif (< Middle French ) < Latin ŧDzԲٰīܲ, equivalent to ŧDzԲٰ ( us ) ( demonstrate ) + -īܲ -ive
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The audience’s demonstrative empathy for Louis, though, is as much a credit to the writing as Goldstein’s performance.

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Harris described Trump’s response as demonstrative of the Republican’s core values.

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But while the attack was more than purely demonstrative, it did not appear to signal Iran’s desire for an all-out fight.

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The demonstrative 22-year-old Korean made clear his displeasure at being asked to hole a short putt he felt should have been given.

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Or that he celebrated with a demonstrative two-hand bat flip, displaying as much emotion as manager Dave Roberts could remember since his iconic long ball in the 2020 National League Championship Series.

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