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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of belief in cause by taking public action |
| Synonyms: | fast, lie-in, love-in, march, mass lobby, parade, peace march, picket, picket line, protest, rally, sit-in, strike, teach-in, walkout |
| Concept: | Demonstration. |
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-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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