demonstration

See also: Demonstration and démonstration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

demonstration (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrations)

1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
   • 1577, Socrates Scholasticus [i.e., Socrates of Constantinople], “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell, it was Held at Nicæa a Citie of Bythnia for the Debatinge of the Controuersie about the Feast of Easter, and the Rootinge out of the Heresie of Arius”, in Eusebius Pamphilus; Socrates Scholasticus; Evagrius Scholasticus; Dorotheus; Meredith Hanmer, transl., The Avncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, Wrytten in the Greeke Tongue by Three Learned Historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. [...], book I (The First Booke of the Ecclesiasticall Historye of Socrates Scholasticvs), imprinted at London: By Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blackefriers by Ludgate, OCLC 55193813, page 225:

     [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.

2. An event at which something will be demonstrated.

   I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.

3. Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
4. A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
5. A show of military force.
6. A mathematical proof.
   • a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:

     He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.

Related terms

• demonstrable
• demonstrate
• demonstrator
• monster
• remonstration

Translations

act

• Armenian: ցուցադրում (hy) (cʿucʿadrum)
• Bulgarian: демонстра́ция (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示範 (zh), 示范 (zh) (shìfàn), 演示 (zh) (yǎnshì)

• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f, betoog (nl) n
• Esperanto: demonstracio
• Finnish: havainnollistaminen (fi), demonstrointi (fi)
• French: démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπόδειξις f (apódeixis)

• Hindi: निरूपण (hi) m (nirūpaṇ)

• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: 実証 (ja) (じっしょう, jisshō)
• Kashubian: demónstracjô
• Korean: 논증 (ko) (nonjeung)
• Latin: demonstratio f
• Polish: demonstracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Romanian: demonstrație (ro) f, demonstrare (ro) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
• Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh m
• Spanish: demostración (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c

event

• Armenian: ցուցադրություն (hy) (cʿucʿadrutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: демонстра́ция (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證實 (zh), 证实 (zh) (zhèngshí), 演示 (zh) (yǎnshì)

• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f, betoging (nl) f
• Finnish: havainnollistus, demonstraatio, demo (fi)
• French: démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f, Vorführung (de) f
• Greek: επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)

• Hindi: प्रदर्शन (hi) m (pradarśan)
• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモンストレーション (demonsutorēshon), デモ (ja) (demo)
• Latin: demonstratio f
• Polish: demonstracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
• Spanish: demostración (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c

public display of opinion

• Arabic: مُظَاهَرَة‎ f (muẓāhara), تَظَاهُر‎ m (taẓāhur)
• Armenian: ցույց (hy) (cʿuycʿ)
• Azerbaijani: nümayiş (az)
• Belarusian: дэманстра́цыя f (demanstrácyja), маніфеста́цыя f (manifjestácyja)
• Bulgarian: демонстра́ция (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Burmese: ဆန္ဒပြပွဲ (my) (hcanda.pra.pwai:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示威 (zh) (shìwēi)

• Czech: demonstrace (cs) f
• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f, betoging (nl) f
• Esperanto: manifestacio
• Estonian: meeleavaldus
• Faroese: mótmælisgonga f, kravgonga f
• Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi)
• French: manifestation (fr) f, démonstration (fr) f
• Georgian: დემონსტრაცია (demonsṭracia)
• German: Demonstration (de) f, Kundgebung (de) f
• Greek: διαδήλωση (el) f (diadílosi)
• Hebrew: הַפְגָּנָה‎ (he) f (hafgana)
• Hindi: जुलूस (hi) f (julūs)
• Hungarian: tüntetés (hu)
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモ (ja) (demo), 示威 (ja) (しい, shii)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 데모 (demo), 시위 (ko) (siwi)
• Latin: demonstratio f
• Luxembourgish: Demonstratioun f
• Macedonian: демонстрација f (demonstracija)
• Maori: porotēhi
• Persian: تظاهرات‎ (fa) (tazâhorât), راهپیمایی‎ (râhpeymâyi)
• Polish: demonstracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f, mostra (pt) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), манифеста́ция (ru) f (manifestácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демонстрација f

  Roman: demonstracija (sh) f

• Slovak: demonštrácia f
• Slovene: demonstracija f
• Spanish: manifestación (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c
• Tajik: тазоҳурот (tazohurot)
• Thai: การสาธิต, การเดินขบวน
• Turkish: gösteri (tr)
• Ukrainian: демонстра́ція f (demonstrácija), маніфеста́ція f (manifestácija)
• Vietnamese: biểu tình (vi)

show of military force

• Finnish: voimannäyttö

mathematical proof

• Finnish: todistus (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latin: demonstratio nominative, demonstrationis genitive; ostentus fourth declension

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} demonstration (sv) n

Anagrams

• nonmeditators

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Danish

Noun

demonstration c (singular definite demonstrationen, plural indefinite demonstrationer)

1. demonstration

Declension

Declension of demonstration

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	demonstration	demonstrationen	demonstrationer	demonstrationerne
genitive	demonstrations	demonstrationens	demonstrationers	demonstrationernes

Further reading

• “demonstration” in Den Danske Ordbog