Associations to the word «Demonstration»

Wiktionary

DEMONSTRATION, noun. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
DEMONSTRATION, noun. An event at which something will be demonstrated.
DEMONSTRATION, noun. A public display of group opinion.
DEMONSTRATION, noun. A show of military force.
DEMONSTRATION, noun. A mathematical proof.

Dictionary definition

DEMONSTRATION, noun. A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration".
DEMONSTRATION, noun. A show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations".
DEMONSTRATION, noun. A public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war".
DEMONSTRATION, noun. Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion.
DEMONSTRATION, noun. A visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats