demonstrative
noun/dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv/
/dɪˈmɑːnstrətɪv/
(grammar)- a demonstrative pronoun or determinerWord 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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