demonstrative adjective
Grammar
noun
An adjective used to indicate its referent's location (spatially, temporally, or abstractly) in relation to the discourse context (as, in English, this, that, these, those).
- Demonstrative adjective (which is considered the traditional term) is now often used equivalently with demonstrative determiner..
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in James Greenwood (?1683–1737), grammarian.