demonstration

See also: Demonstration and démonstration

English

Etymology

From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”). Morphologically demonstrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• 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, translated by Meredith Hanmer, 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, 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.

   1. (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. (clarification of this definition is needed)
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. (mathematics, philosophy) A 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.

   • 2021 September 21, Aristotle, The Complete Works of Aristotle. Illustrated: Logic, Universal Physics, Human Physics, Animal Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics and other, Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing:

     If, then, proof from the basic truth is more accurate than proof not so derived, demonstration which depends more closely on it is more accurate than demonstration which is less closely dependent.

Synonyms

• (public display of opposition): protest, march; parade, manifestation (both dated)

Derived terms

• return demonstration

Related terms

• demonstrable
• demonstrate
• demonstrator
• monster
• remonstration
• demo

Descendants

• → Dutch: demonstratie (semantic loan)
• → German: Demonstration (semantic loan)
• → Japanese: デモンストレーション (demonsutorēshon)

Translations

act

• Armenian: ցուցադրում (hy) (cʻucʻadrum)
• Belarusian: дэманстра́цыя f (demanstrácyja)
• Bulgarian: демонстра́ция (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示範／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(論證) (ko) (nonjeung), 론증(論證) (ko) (ronjeung) (North Korea)
• Latin: demonstratio (la) 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
• Ukrainian: демонстра́ція f (demonstrácija)

event

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

  Mandarin: 證實／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 (ja) (demonsutorēshon), デモ (ja) (demo)
• Latin: demonstratio (la) 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
• Ukrainian: демонстра́ція f (demonstrácija)

expression of one's feelings by outward signs

• Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi)

public display of group opinion

• Albanian: manifestim (sq) m
• Arabic: مُظَاهَرَة f (muẓāhara), تَظَاهُر m (taẓāhur)
• Armenian: ցույց (hy) (cʻuycʻ)
• Azerbaijani: nümayiş (az), təzəhürat (South Azerbaijani)
• Belarusian: дэманстра́цыя f (demanstrácyja), маніфеста́цыя f (manifjestácyja)
• Bulgarian: демонстра́ция (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Burmese: ဆန္ဒပြပွဲ (my) (hcanda.pra.pwai:)
• Catalan: manifestació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示威 (zh) (shìwēi), 遊行／游行 (zh) (yóuxíng)

• 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 (hafganá)
• Hindi: जुलूस (hi) f (julūs)
• Hungarian: tüntetés (hu)
• Indonesian: unjuk rasa (id), demonstrasi (id)
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモ (ja) (demo), 示威 (ja) (しい, shii)
• Kazakh: демонстрация (demonstrasiä)
• Khmer: បាតុកម្ម (km) (paatokam)
• Korean: 데모 (demo), 시위(示威) (ko) (siwi)
• Kyrgyz: демонстрация (ky) (demonstratsiya)
• Latin: demonstratio (la) f
• Latvian: demonstrācija f
• Lithuanian: demonstracija 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
• Romanian: manifestaţie (ro) f, demonstrație (ro) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), манифеста́ция (ru) f (manifestácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демонстра́ција f

  Roman: demonstrácija (sh) f

• Slovak: demonštrácia f
• Slovene: demonstracija f
• Spanish: manifestación (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c, manifestation (sv) c
• Tajik: тазоҳурот (tazohurot)
• Thai: การสาธิต (th), การเดินขบวน
• Turkish: gösteri (tr), protesto (tr)
• Ukrainian: демонстра́ція f (demonstrácija), маніфеста́ція f (manifestácija)
• Uzbek: namoyish (uz), demonstratsiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: biểu tình (vi)
• Yiddish: מאַניפֿעסטאַציע f (manifestatsye)

show of military force

• Finnish: voimannäyttö
• Polish: demonstracja (pl)

mathematical proof

• Czech: důkaz (cs) m
• Esperanto: demonstro
• Finnish: todistus (fi)
• French: démonstration (fr) f

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} demonstratio (la) (nominative), ^{(please verify)} demonstrationis (la) (genitive); ^{(please verify)} ostentus (fourth declension)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} demonstration (sv) n

Anagrams

• nonmeditators

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdemʌnsdʁɑˈɕoˀn/

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
• “demonstration” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

demonstration c

1. a demonstration (act or event of showing or explaining something)
2. a demonstration (public display of group opinion, like a protest march)
3. a demonstration (display of (military) force)

Declension

Declension of demonstration
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	demonstration	demonstrationen	demonstrationer	demonstrationerna
Genitive	demonstrations	demonstrationens	demonstrationers	demonstrationernas

Derived terms

• demonstrationståg

Related terms

• demonstrant
• demonstrera

References

• demonstration in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• demonstration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)