Definition of Demonstrativeness

1. Noun. Tending to express your feelings freely.

Generic synonyms: Emotionalism, Emotionality
Derivative terms: Demonstrative

Definition of Demonstrativeness

1. n. The state or quality of being demonstrative.

Definition of Demonstrativeness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being demonstrative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demonstrativeness

demonstrating
demonstration
demonstration ophthalmoscope
demonstrational
demonstrations
demonstrative
demonstrative-pronoun
demonstrative adjective
demonstrative adjectives
demonstrative determiner
demonstrative determiners
demonstrative of(p)
demonstrative pronoun
demonstrative pronouns
demonstratively
demonstrativeness
demonstratives
demonstrator
demonstrators
demonstratorship
demonstratorships
demonstratory
demonym
demonymic
demonyms
demoparties
demoparty
demophile
demophiles
demorage

Literary usage of Demonstrativeness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. One Hundred Chapel-talks to Theological Students: Together with Two by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1913)
"The early Christians had the outspoken element, the demonstrativeness, ... Then things grow dim, and we become ashamed of our demonstrativeness. ..."

2. The Musical World (1862)
"Reverting to that general principle governing the action of all human demonstrativeness, in circumstances where admiration is the emotion craving expression ..."

3. Boyhood: A Plea for Continuity in Education by Ennis Richmond (1898)
"Again, a boy's religion ought not to show, just as his love ought not to show, that horror of demonstrativeness which, because it is the fault of the ..."

4. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"He represents a perpetual class of people whose leading characteristic is moral demonstrativeness, who are never satisfied with a law that leaves them free ..."

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