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demonstrative

[duh-mon-struh-tiv] / dəˈmɒn strə tɪv /




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And he has a distaste for “poverty porn,” of the kind showcased at fundraising concerts by morally demonstrative pop stars.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

“How he not only led by example, but he was very demonstrative in the practice in terms of his expectations of the team, how they played, their togetherness,” Pelinka said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2025

These videos aren’t necessarily emblematic of what I like, but their presence is demonstrative of the strangest, most rat-like part of my brain, seeking dopamine hits in the form of weird, 30-second blips.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2024

The audience’s demonstrative empathy for Louis, though, is as much a credit to the writing as Goldstein’s performance.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2024

It was unusual because she was not a demonstrative woman.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Statistical analysis revealed the same mapping between reachable and non-reachable objects and demonstratives across all languages.

From Science Daily Oct. 30, 2023

"This distinction may explain the early evolutionary origin of demonstratives as linguistic forms," he added.

From Science Daily Oct. 30, 2023

They tested over 1,000 speakers to see how they use demonstratives in their language to describe where objects are across a range of different spatial configurations.

From Science Daily Oct. 30, 2023

Attraction of demonstratives, 246, 5; —— of relatives, 250, 5; —— subjunctive by attraction, 324; —— of adjectives, 327, 2, a; 328, 2.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Hence, no practical advantage would be gained, by rejecting their established classification, as articles, numerals, and demonstratives, and by giving them new names.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel




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