demonstrative
adjective/dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv/
/dɪˈmɑːnstrətɪv/
- showing feelings openly, especially feelings of love
- Some people are more demonstrative than others.
- a demonstrative greeting
Extra Examples- We are a physically demonstrative family.
- Patrick was not a demonstrative man.
- We were a very physically demonstrative family, giving lots of hugs and kisses.
- (grammar) used to identify the person or thing that is being referred to
- ‘This’ and ‘that’ are demonstrative pronouns.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘serving as conclusive evidence of’ and ‘making manifest’): from Old French demonstratif, -ive, from Latin demonstrativus, from demonstrare ‘point out’.
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