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demonstration | demonic |

As a noun demonstration

is demonstration (act of showing and explaining).

As an adjective demonic is

pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

demonstration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
  • An event at which something will be demonstrated.
  • I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
  • A public display of group opinion.
  • A show of military force.
  • A mathematical proof.
  • * , s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
  • He read the proposition. So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.

    demonic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * daemonic (dated), (dated)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
  • Convinced that his uncle was a warlock, he rifled through his attic, looking for demonic artifacts.
    Once he had grasped the controls, he unleashed a demonic laugh that made his hostages shudder.
  • Pertaining to dæmons in ancient Greek thought; concerning supernatural ‘genius’.
  • * 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , I:
  • Aristotle concedes that the nature of the dream is indeed daemonic , but not divine – which might well reveal a profound meaning, if one could hit on the right translation.

    Synonyms

    * demonish * demonlike * demonly * LaVeyan