demonstrative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛm.ən.stɹeɪ.tɪv/ (General-American, nonstandard)
- [dəˈmɑn.stɹə.ɾɪv] (General-American)
- /dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/ (General-American)
- /dɪˈmɒn.stɹə.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.ɾɪv] (General-American)
- /ˈdɛm.ən.stɹeɪ.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
- /dəˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif, from Latin dēmōnstrātīvus. Equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.
Meanings
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That serves to demonstrate, show or prove.
demonstrative evidence
an argument necessary and demonstrative
[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
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Given to open displays of emotion.
He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.
1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter III:demonstrative eloquence
1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres:
- That specifies the thing or person referred to.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most demonstrative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more demonstrative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
demonstratively · demonstrative determiner · nondemonstrative · undemonstrative · demonstrative pronoun · demonstrativeness · demonstrative legacy · demonstrative adjective
Relateds
Translations (51)
pl wskazujący (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · vi đại từ chỉ định ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · pl demonstrujący (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · fr démonstratif (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · bg показателен ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · sw kionyeshi ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · ca demostratiu (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · pl dowodzący (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · fi valaiseva (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · ru демонстрати́вный (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · fi demonstratiivinen ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · ga taispeántach ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · ca demostratiu ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · bg демонстративен (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · ro demonstrativ (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · pl pokazujący (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · de demonstrativ ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · pt demonstrativo (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · el δεικτικός ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · fi avomielinen (given to open displays of emotion) · es demostrativo ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · pl wylewny (given to open displays of emotion) · cs ukazovací ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · nb påpekende ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · ro demonstrativ ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · es demostrativo (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · nrf dêmonstratif ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · fr démonstratif ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · el εκδηλωτικός (given to open displays of emotion) · nn påpeikande ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · hy ցուցական ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · hy ցուցադրական (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · fi avoin (given to open displays of emotion) · bg нагледен (given to open displays of emotion) · de hinweisend ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · ru показа́тельный (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · ru указа́тельный ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · nrf dêmonstratif (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · pt ilustrativo (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · da demonstrativ ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · pl wskazujący ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · de demonstrativ (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · pl rzeczowy (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · cy dangosolyn ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · pt demonstrador (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · ru нагля́дный (given to open displays of emotion) · grc δεικτικός ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · bg показателен (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · pt demonstrativo ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to) · fi demonstratiivinen (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove) · is ábendingar- ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)