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demonstrative
[ duh-mon-struh-tiv ]
adjective
- 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.
noun
- Grammar. a demonstrative word, as this or there.
demonstrative
/ ɪˈɒԲٰəɪ /
adjective
- tending to manifest or express one's feelings easily or unreservedly
- postpositivefoll byof 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
noun
- grammar a demonstrative word or construction
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԲٰپ, adverb
- ˈDzԲٰپԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Dzsٰ·پ· adverb
- ·Dzsٰ·پ·Ա noun
- ԴDzd·Dzsٰ·پ adjective
- non·Dzsٰ·پ· adverb
- non·Dzsٰ·پ·Ա noun
- d·Dzsٰ·پ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of demonstrative1
Example Sentences
The audience’s demonstrative empathy for Louis, though, is as much a credit to the writing as Goldstein’s performance.
Harris described Trump’s response as demonstrative of the Republican’s core values.
But while the attack was more than purely demonstrative, it did not appear to signal Iran’s desire for an all-out fight.
The demonstrative 22-year-old Korean made clear his displeasure at being asked to hole a short putt he felt should have been given.
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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