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Demonstration
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demonstration démonstration
German
Etymology
de la dēmōnstrātio, since the mid 16th century. The military sense developed perhaps under the influence of it dimostrazione in the mid 18th century. The rally sense developed under the influence of de en demonstration 1 in the mid 19th century.
Pronunciation
de [demɔnstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
de De-Demonstration.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de DE-Demonstration.ogg
de De mons tra ti on
Noun
f
demonstration act of demonstrating mid 16th c.
de Darlegung
demonstration show of military force mid 18th c.
de Militärdemonstration
de politics demonstration rally, protest, march mid 19th c.
de Demo<q:short form> ; Kundgebung
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Großdemonstration
de Massendemonstration
de Militärdemonstration
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