Demonstration

Definition of Demonstration

Dem`on`stra´tion

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration.

- Locke.

An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show. See also sense 7 for a more specific related meaning.

Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief?

- Shak.

Loyal demonstrations toward the prince.

- Prescott.

(Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.

Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.

(Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.

(Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; - these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.

a public gathering of people to express some sentiment or feelings by explicit means, such as picketing, parading, carrying signs or shouting, usually in favor of or opposed to some action of government or of a business.

the act of showing how a certain device, machine or product operates, or how a procedure is performed; - usually done for the purpose of inducing prospective customers to buy a product; as, a demonstration of the simple operation of a microwave oven.

Direct demonstration
(Logic & Math.) one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises

Indirect demonstration
called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect.

Related Words

absolute indication, allegorization, alphabet, art, beef, bitch, blazon, blueprint, boycott, bravura, brilliancy, burden of proof, case, case in point, challenge, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, citation, clarification, complaint, compunction, conclusive evidence, confirmation, conventional representation, cracking, cross reference, damning evidence, dance notation, daring, dash, decipherment, decoding, deduction, deductive reasoning, delineation, demo, demur, demurrer, demythologization, depiction, depictment, description, determination, diagram, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, drama, dramatics, drawing, eclat, editing, elucidation, emblem, emendation, enactment, enlightenment, establishment, etalage, euhemerism, evidence, example, exception, exegesis, exemplar, exemplification, exhibitionism, explanation, explication, exponent, exposition, expostulation, exposure, expounding, false front, fanfaronade, figuration, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, grievance, grievance committee, hieroglyphic, histrionics, howl, iconography, ideogram, illumination, illustration, imagery, imaging, incontrovertible evidence, indication, indignation meeting, indisputable evidence, induction, inductive reasoning, instance, ironclad proof, item, kick, letter, light, limning, logical thought, logogram, logograph, manifestation, map, march, musical notation, nonviolent protest, notation, object lesson, objection, onus, onus probandi, opening, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, parade, particular, performance, philosophy, picketing, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, production, projection, proof, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, qualm, quotation, rally, ratiocination, rationale, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizing, realization, reason, reasonableness, reasoning, reference, relevant instance, remonstrance, remonstration, rendering, rendition, representation, representative, retrospective, schema, score, script, scruple, settlement, sham, showing, showing-off, simplification, sit-in, solution, sophistry, specious reasoning, spectacle, splash, splurge, squawk, staginess, strike, substantiation, sure sign, sweet reason, syllabary, symbol, tablature, teach-in, testimony, theatrics, type, typical example, unfolding, unfoldment, unlocking, unmistakable sign, unveiling, varnishing day, vaunt, verification, vernissage, writing

Browse

Demonographer
Demonolatry
Demonologer
Demonologic
Demonologist
Demonology
Demonomagy
Demonomania
Demonomist
Demonomy
Demonry
Demonship
Demonstrability
Demonstrable
Demonstrableness
Demonstrably
Demonstrance
Demonstrate
demonstrated
Demonstrater
-Demonstration-
Demonstrative
Demonstrative pronoun
Demonstratively
Demonstrativeness
Demonstrator
Demonstratory
Demorage
Demoralization
Demoralize
demoralized
demoralizing
Demosthenes
Demosthenic
Demote
Demotic
Demotic alphabet
Demotics
Demount
Demountable
Dempne

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z