demonstration
Roget category 478
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.4. Reasoning processes
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Demonstration
noun
demonstration,
proof,
rigorous proof —
conclusiveness
etc.
adj. —
apodeixis†,
apodixis†,
probation,
comprobation†.
logic of facts
etc.
(evidence)
467 —
experimentum crucis
etc.
(test)
463 [Lat.] —
argument
etc.
476 —
rigorous establishment,
absolute establishment.
conviction,
cogency,
(persuasion)
484.
verb
demonstrate,
prove,
establish —
make good —
show,
evince,
manifest
etc.
(be evidence of)
467 —
confirm,
corroborate,
substantiate,
verify
etc.
467,
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
etc.
(judge)
480.
follow,
follow of course,
follow as a matter of course,
follow necessarily —
stand to reason —
hold good,
hold water.
convince,
persuade
(belief)
484.
adjective
demonstrating
etc.
v.,
demonstrative,
demonstrable —
probative,
unanswerable,
conclusive —
apodictic†,
apodeictic†,
apodeictical† —
irresistible,
irrefutable,
irrefragable —
necessary.
categorical,
decisive,
crucial.
demonstrated
etc.
v. —
proven —
unconfuted†,
unanswered,
unrefuted† —
evident
etc.
474.
deducible,
consequential,
consectary†,
inferential,
following.
[demonstrated to one's satisfaction]
convincing,
cogent,
persuasive
(believable)
484.
adverb
of course,
in consequence,
consequently,
as a matter of course —
necessarily,
of necessity.
phrase
probatum est [Lat.] —
there is nothing more to be said —
quod est demonstrandum [Lat.],
Q.
E.D. —
it must follow —
exitus acta probat [Lat.].
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