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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mon•stra•tive /dəˈmɑnstrətɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - showing openly one's emotions:a demonstrative parent.
- Grammarindicating or singling out the thing referred to:The word this is a demonstrative pronoun and adjective.
n. [countable] - Grammara demonstrative word, as this or there.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mon•stra•tive (də mon′strə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., esp. of love or affection:She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- serving to demonstrate;
explanatory or illustrative. - serving to prove the truth of anything;
indubitably conclusive. - Grammarindicating or singling out the thing referred to. This is a demonstrative pronoun.
n. - Grammara demonstrative word, as this or there.
- Latin dēmonstrātīvus, equivalent. to dēmonstrāt(us) (see demonstrate) + -īvus -ive
- Middle French)
- Middle English demonstratif (1350–1400
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