demonstrative

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[ UK /dəmˈɒnstɹətˌɪv/ ]
[ US /dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/ ]
NOUN
  1. a pronoun that points out an intended referent
ADJECTIVE
  1. given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
    an affectionate and demonstrative family
  2. serving to demonstrate
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How To Use demonstrative In A Sentence

  • To dis - cover the causes, one must first proceed a posteriori, inferring causes from effects, i.e., using first the method of resolution or analysis; then the demonstrative or compositive method can be used to develop the conse - quences. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  • He is very experienced in collating documents, summarizing evidence, arranging diagrammatic and demonstrative evidence and assisting with the general preparation for trial.
  • In such cases, the demonstrative (or argumental name) is interpreted as “a pronominal place marker” (op. cit., Names
  • His leading men are two teenage boys who are so undemonstrative as to be almost catatonic.
  • Of course, that all begs the question as to whether the athematic nom. sg. ending *-s and athematic pronominal nom./acc. (better "abs." for absolutive) sg. ending *-d are indeed from postclitic demonstratives/articles, as opposed to coming from some other source(s). Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing
  • Thus I think we now have a sensible solution to the reconstruction of the Old IE objective endings preceding the agglutination of “indicative” postclitic demonstrative *əi PIE *-i: The trouble with the PIE 1st & 2nd person plural endings (3)
  • Some children respond more demonstratively than others.
  • The Financial Times called the spindly and demonstrative 38-year-old one of the “Gurus of the Future,” and even conservatives like George Will have written of him approvingly. As Markets Quake, Clinton And Obama Grab Econo-Gurus
  • On my theory which we may call the demonstrative theory of quotation, the inscription inside does not refer to anything at all, nor is it part of any expression that does. Quotation
  • It is either intuitive and direct, demonstrative (through the interposition of a third idea), or ‘sensitive’, i.e. based upon perception.
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