demonstrative


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demonstrative /dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv/
adjective
  • 1 tending to show affectionate or other feelings openly.
  • 2 serving to demonstrate something.
  • 3 Grammar (of a determiner or pronoun) indicating the person or thing referred to (e.g. this, that, those).
noun Grammar a demonstrative determiner or pronoun.
– derivatives
demonstratively adverb,
demonstrativeness noun.
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