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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
demonstrative
    adj 1: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an
           affectionate and demonstrative family" [ant:
           undemonstrative]
    2: serving to demonstrate [syn: demonstrative, illustrative]
    n 1: a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn:
         demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are
   demonstratives.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, a. [F. d['e]monstratif, L.
   demonstrativus.]
   1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to
      demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or
      conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." --Dryden.
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            An argument necessary and demonstrative. --Hooker.
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   2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or
      sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
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   3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative
      eloquence." --Blair.
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   Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly
      designating that to which it refers.
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Thesaurus Results for Demonstrative:

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