nondemonstrative
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌdɛmənˈstrɑːtɪv/
- Specialized
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no demostrativo
- In grammar, words like 'one' or 'some' can be considered nondemonstrative because they do not specify an exact noun.
Examples
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The teacher explained that the term 'nondemonstrative' refers to cases where words do not indicate specific items or people.
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In the sentence, 'She used a nondemonstrative approach when discussing her ideas,' the term clearly describes a method that does not point to specific details.
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But rationality requires both less and more than this: less, because it is logically possible that a rational policy of nondemonstrative inference may always lead us astray; and more, because no accidental string of successes can in and of itself establish a policy of inference as rational.
Academic text (2001)
Antonyms
How Demonstrative
Surface Forms
Morphology
nondemonstrative = demonstrative (transparent) = non + demonstrative
Clear negation by the productive prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'demonstrative' (grammatical term), so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Nondemonstrative is made of non- 'not' and demonstrative from demonstrate 'to show'. A helpful way to remember is that demonstratives are words like 'this' and 'that' that point to something, so nondemonstrative means it does not point to a specific item.