demonstration
Other forms: demonstrations
A demonstration is a show, or display. If you are against war, you might go to an anti-war demonstration in front of the White House. You might need to see a demonstration of napkin folding before you take a job as a waitress.
Dressing well for a job interview and showing up on time is considered a demonstration of your seriousness about the job. Crying is a demonstration of your feelings. If you sell website design you can make a demonstration site, or demo, so clients can see what they would get if they hired you.
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a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view“he gave the customer a demonstration”synonyms: presentation, presentmenttypes:exhibitionthe act of exhibitingexposurepresentation to view in an open or public mannerperformancethe act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainmentlecture demonstrationpresentation of an example of what the lecturer is discoursing aboutcounterdemonstrationa demonstration held in opposition to another demonstrationencorean extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demandextemporisation, extemporization, improvisationa performance given extempore without planning or preparationconjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trickan illusory feat; considered magical by naive observersmusical performancethe act of performing musicone-night standa performance in one place on one night onlyinterpretation, rendering, renditionthe act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performanceproduction(law) the act of exhibiting in a court of lawrodeoan exhibition of cowboy skillsreprisethe act of performing a role againtype of:showthe act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
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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”synonyms: demotype of:visual communicationcommunication that relies on vision
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a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)“there were violent demonstrations against the war”synonyms: manifestationexamples:Boston Tea Partydemonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Native Americans) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on teatypes:work-inoccasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factoryprotest marchoccasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a licensevigila peaceful, stationary demonstration or protest, especially at nightpeace marcha protest march against (a particular) war and in favor of peace
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a show of military force or preparedness“he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations”type of:showthe act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
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proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusionsynonyms: monstrancetype of:proofa formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
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On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King stood before an estimated quarter of a million people who had gathered to demonstrate for passage of the Civil Rights Act.
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Richly illustrated with archival photos, this book offers an account of the 1961 Freedom Ride, a protest of unconstitutional racial segregation on buses.