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demonstration

noun
/dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/US/ɖe.mɔːns.ʈreː.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin dēmōnstrātiōnem, from dēmōnstrāre (“show or explain”), from dē- (“of or concerning”) + mōnstrāre (“show”). Morphologically demonstrate + -ion.

  1. derived from dēmōnstrātiō
  2. derived from demonstration
  3. inherited from demonstracioun

Definitions

  1. The act of demonstrating

    The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

  2. An event at which something will be demonstrated.

    • I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.

  3. Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

      • Even when there had been hecklers, Victor and other members would focus on setting up their demonstration — signs reading “Let them go now,” and posters bearing the faces of 58 hostages still being held in Gaza.

    2. A show of military force.

    3. A proof.

      • He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
      • If, then, proof from the basic truth is more accurate than proof not so derived, demonstration which depends more closely on it is more accurate than demonstration which is less closely dependent.

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Derived

counterdemonstration, demonstrational, demonstration garden, demonstration sport, nondemonstration, redemonstration, return demonstration, telestration

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at demonstration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at demonstration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at demonstration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA