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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, confirmation, description, evidence, exhibition, explanation, exposition, expression, illustration, induction, manifestation, presentation, proof, show, spectacle, substantiation, test, testimony, trial, validation |
| Antonyms: | concealment, hiding |
| Concept: | Demonstration. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
demonstration, proof; conclusiveness; apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation., logic of facts (evidence); experimentum crucis (test); argument; rigorous establishment, absolute establishment.
-verbs
demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest (be evidence of) [more]; verify settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest., make out, make out a case; prove one's point, have the best of the argument; draw a conclusion (judge)., follow, follow of course; stand to reason; hold good, hold water.
-adjectives
demonstrating, demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodeictic, apodeictical; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable., categorical, decisive, crucial., demonstrated; proven; unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted; evident., deducible, consequential, consectary, inferential, following.
-adverbs
of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course.
-phrases
probatum est; there is nothing more to be said, Q.E.D., it must follow; exitus acta probat.
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| Antonyms: | confutation |
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| Main Entry: | crusade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | campaign for cause |
| Synonyms: | cause, demonstration, drive, evangelism, expedition, holy war, jihad, march, movement, push |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, attestation, averment, cincher, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, documentation, dope*, goods*, gospel, grabber, grounds, index, indication, indicia, info, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, disproof, heresay, refutation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clarification; reason |
| Synonyms: | account, annotation, answer, breakdown, brief, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, demonstration, description, details, display, elucidation, evidence, example, excuse, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, history, illustration, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, mitigation, motive, narration, note, recital, rendition, report, resolution, sense, showing, significance, specification, statement, story, summary, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing |
| Antonyms: | complication |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fair |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, circus, county fair, demonstration, display, exhibition, expo, marketplace, mart, pageant, presentation, production, show, showing |
| Main Entry: | fanfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheering |
| Synonyms: | alarum, array, ballyhoo, demonstration, display, flourish, hullabaloo*, panoply, parade, pomp, shine, show, trump, trumpet call |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis, premise |
| Synonyms: | account, antecedent, argument, base, bedrock, call, cause, chapter and verse, demonstration, determinant, dope*, evidence, excuse, factor, footing, foundation, goods*, groundwork, inducement, info, information*, infrastructure, justification, motive, numbers, occasion, pretext, proof, rationale, reason, root*, seat, straight stuff, substratum, test, testimony, trial, underpinning, wherefore, why, whyfor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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