demonstratie
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
demonstratie f (plural demonstraties, diminutive demonstratietje n)
- demonstration, demo (showing of something)
- Synonym: vertoning
- demonstration, exposition (explaining of something)
- Synonym: betoog
- demonstration (group protest)
- Synonyms: betoging, groepsprotest
Hypernyms edit
- (group protest): protest
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: demonstrasie
- → Indonesian: demonstrasi