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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

He is rude, crude, socially unacceptable, inflammatory and demonstrative.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

Thus in 1660 Boyle describes one experiment ‘as a plausible, though not demonstrative proof, that Water may be transmuted into Air’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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