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demonstrative pronoun definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Demonstrative De*mon"stra*tive, a. [F. d['e]monstratif, L. demonstrativus.] 1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. ``Demonstrative figures.'' --Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. --Hooker. 2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative. 3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. ``Demonstrative eloquence.'' --Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.