NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Demonstrations

A demonstration is the public display of the common opinion of a activist group, often economically, political, or socially, by gathering in a crowd, usually at a symbolic place or date, associated with that opinion. The purpose of a demonstration is to show that a significant amount of people are for or against a certain issue, person, law, etc.

a GroenLinks activist in a demonstration, October 2004

A demonstration is usually considered more successful the more people participate.

Some demonstrations and riots turn, at least partially, into violence against things (like cars and shops), bystanders and the police.

See also: Protest, freedom of assembly

A military demonstration is the show of armed forces and their capabilities, often in maneuvers, to impress a potential enemy. It can be used either to provoke that enemy into opening an armed conflict, or to scare him away from one.

A demonstration is a way of teaching, for example, by performing a certain action, so others can see and learn it.

A demonstration is a conclusive proof.

For music or software demonstrations, see demo.

Categories: Activism

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Medieval Theories of Demonstration (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (7882 words)
	Demonstrations concerning particulars, and demonstrations arguing from theorems in the science which are not traced back to first principles, are also demonstrations that it is the case.
	So in the case of a natural demonstration, the subject is the causal outcome of the predicate (the noise, or thunder, results from the extinction of fire in a cloud), and is presupposed in it inasmuch as the point of the material events is to produce that outcome.
	So prior to the proposed demonstration is a demonstration that the definition of the attribute belongs to the subject, because it belongs to whatever has the real definition of the subject.

Nighttime Visibility of Traffic Signs: Chapter 2 - Night Retroreflectivity Demonstration (1844 words)
	The nighttime demonstrations of sign retroreflectivity were conducted to familiarize the workshop participants with the nighttime visual appearance of signs at various levels of retroreflectivity.
	By taking part in the demonstration, participants were able to associate the visual appearance of the signs in their respective jurisdictions with the signs used in the nighttime demonstration, some of which were near research recommendations for minimum retroreflectivity levels.
	The demonstration was conducted on several former runways and taxiways of the old airfield.

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