demonstratie

Dutch

Etymology

16th century, either from Middle French demonstration or directly from Latin demonstratio. The sense “protest” is a 19th-century semantic loan from English demonstration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeː.mɔnˈstraː.(t)si/

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• Hyphenation: de‧mon‧stra‧tie
• Rhymes: -aːtsi

Noun

demonstratie f (plural demonstraties, diminutive demonstratietje n)

1. demonstration, demo (showing of something)

   Synonym: vertoning

2. demonstration, exposition (explaining of something)

   Synonym: betoog

3. demonstration (group protest)

   Synonyms: betoging, groepsprotest

Hypernyms

• (group protest): protest

Derived terms

• massademonstratie

Related terms

• demonstreren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: demonstrasie
• → Indonesian: demonstrasi