demonstration

demonstration
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Act of proving
Nouns — demonstration, substantiation, proof, probation, verification, authentication; confirmation, corroboration, evidence; conclusiveness; test (see experiment); argument (see reasoning). See demonstration.
Verbs
1. demonstrate, prove, confirm, substantiate, uphold, corroborate, establish; make good, show, bring home; evince, verify; settle the question; make out, make out a case; go to show or prove; prove one's point, have the best of the argument, beg the question.
2. (be demonstrable) follow, stand to reason; hold good, hold water (see truth).
Adjectives
1. demonstrating, demonstrative, probative, unanswerable, convincing, conclusive; apodictic, irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; categorical, decisive, crucial; demonstrated, proven; unanswered, unrefuted; evident.
2. demonstrable, deducible, consequential, inferential, following, valid.
Adverbs — of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course, quod erat demonstrandum, QED.
Antonyms, see confutation.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An exhibition]
Syn. showing, presentation, exhibit; see display 2 , show 1 .
2. [The presentation of evidence]
Syn. illustration, proof, induction; see explanation 1 , 2 , proof 1 .
3. [A mass rally]
Syn. picket line, march, peace march, sit-in; see protest .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. show illustration, exhibition, explanation, description, *walk through, presentation.
2. evidence proof, substantiation, corroboration, authentication, validation, verification, documentation.
3. protest picketing, rally, strike, march, parade, *sit-in.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. An act of showing or displaying: display, exhibit, exhibition, manifestation, show. See SHOW. 2. That which confirms: attestation, authentication, confirmation, corroboration, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, verification, warrant. See TRUE.

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