'Demonstrative pronoun' definitions:
Definition of 'demonstrative pronoun'
From: WordNet
noun
A pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative]
Definition of 'Demonstrative pronoun'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- An argument necessary and demonstrative. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." --Blair. [1913 Webster]
- Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers. [1913 Webster]