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demonstrative

adj
/dɪˈmɒn.stɹə.tɪv/UK/dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/US/ɖɛ~ɪˈmɔnˌsʈɾeʈɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif, from Latin dēmōnstrātīvus. Equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.

  1. derived from dēmōnstrātīvus
  2. derived from démonstratif
  3. inherited from demonstratif

Definitions

  1. That serves to demonstrate, show or prove.

    • demonstrative evidence
    • an argument necessary and demonstrative

  2. Given to open displays of emotion.

    • demonstrative eloquence
    • He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.

  3. That specifies the thing or person referred to.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A demonstrative word

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Derived

demonstrative adjective, demonstrative determiner, demonstrative legacy, demonstratively, demonstrativeness, demonstrative pronoun, nondemonstrative, undemonstrative, pronoun demonstrative

Vish — recursive loop

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