demonstration

IPA: dɛmʌnstrˈeɪʃʌn

noun

  • The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
  • (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
  • An event at which something will be demonstrated.
  • Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
  • A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
  • A show of military force.
  • (mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
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Examples of "demonstration" in Sentences

  • No, the demonstration is against your understanding, not mine.
  • I was what they called the demonstration garden coordinator or manager, or something like that.
  • This demonstration is a unique opportunity for the Latino community to raise our voice and concerns.
  • A "demonstration" is First Amendment-protected activity -- political speech, issue advocacy, and so forth.
  • Switzerland Monday for approving a ban on the building of minarets, with neighbouring governments attacking what they called a demonstration of
  • But he is no mystical obscurantist nor does he privilege spiritual intuition above demonstration; rather he argues for their complementarity since ˜demonstration does not conflict with inner disclosure.™
  • In that brief video, Howard addresses his audience directly in what he calls a demonstration of sincerity, outfitting himself (complete with wigs) as the characters he grew up playing on TV: Opie and Richie.
  • It was from the Countess Strathearn, written in the triumph of revenge, cruelly exulting in what she termed the demonstration of Wallace's guilt; congratulating herself on having been the primary means of discovering it, and boasting that his once adored
  • Bush announced the infusion of aid as Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in the region in what he described as a demonstration that the United States had "a deep and abiding interest" in keeping Georgia and other neighboring states free from a new era of Russian domination.

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