Demonstrative
Demonstrative , adjective
[French démonstratif, Latin demonstrativus.]
1.
Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.
Demonstrative figures.
An argument necessary and demonstrative.
2.
Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
3.
Consisting of eulogy or of invective.
Demonstrative eloquence.
Collocations (1)
Demonstrative pronoun (Grammar) , a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
Demonstrative , noun
(Grammar) A demonstrative pronoun; as, “this” and “that” are demonstratives.