单词 | demonstrationist |
释义 | demonstrationistn. 1. Chiefly depreciative. = demonstrator n. 1a. Cf. demonstrationer n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > one who proves demonstrationer?1589 demonstrator1593 verifier1648 prover1741 demonstrationist1828 substantiator1840 1828 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. Rationalist Char. I. viii. 136 Weismann speaks also of the demonstrationists of his age, as naturally adverse to all historical theology. 1853 Church Rev. Apr. 110 Let us go a step farther, and see how the consequent speculator, the metaphysical demonstrationist, gets over this riddle worked up into shape by his own craft. 1901 A. Caldecott Philos. of Relig. ii. i. 98 Our interest in Herbert..arises because he gave the century a broad statement of a ‘case’ for both Empiricists and Demonstrationists to examine. 2. A protestor; = demonstrator n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator protestator1468 protester1827 demonstrant1838 demonstrationist1838 demonstrator1838 protestor1854 marcher1908 refusenik1981 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > public demonstration > [noun] > person demonstrationist1838 demonstrator1838 manifestant1880 1838 Caledonian Mercury 24 Nov. 2/6 The militia will be called out, and it has..extended to the Scotch and Irish—a recruitment of this description..would..afford better employment to many of the ‘Demonstrationists’ in England and Scotland. 1871 Echo 15 Aug. 6/2 A riot between the Orangemen and the demonstrationists is considered likely. 1890 Times 28 Jan. 5/3 Demonstrationists nowadays dislike wet weather. 1917 Public 13 July 679/1 The suffragist demonstrations at the White House with arrests of the demonstrationists continue. 2003 M. Lee in C. Umphrey Vietnam 90 I thought that the anti-war demonstrationists were all a bunch of kooks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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