| demonism | The belief in demons or false gods. "The established theology of the heathen world . . . Rested upon the basis of demonism." (Farmer) Origin: Cf. F. Demonisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| demonographer | A demonologist. Origin: Demon + -graph + -er. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonologer | One versed in demonology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonological | Of or Pertaining to demonology. Origin: Cf. F. Demonologique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonologist | One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonology | <study> A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Origin: Demon: cf. F. Demonologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonomagy | Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic. Origin: Gr. Daimwn demon + magic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonomania | <psychiatry> A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. Origin: Demon + mania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonstrable | 1. Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question. "The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry." (Glanvill) 2. Proved; apparent. Origin: L. Demonstrabilis: cf. OF. Demonstrable, F. Demontrable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonstrate | 1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. 2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial. "We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction." (Tillotson) 3. <anatomy> To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation). Origin: L. Demonstratus, p. P. Of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show. See Monster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonstration | 1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason. "Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration." (Locke) 2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show. "Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief?" (Shak) "Loyal demonstrations toward the prince." (Prescott) 3. <anatomy> The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation. 4. (Mil) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack. 5. <logic> The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself. 6. <mathematics> A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions. <logic> Direct, or Positive, demonstration, one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; opposed to Indirect, or Negative, demonstration (called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect. Origin: L. Demonstratio: cf. F. Demonstration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demonstration ophthalmoscope | <instrument> An ophthalmoscope by which the fundus may be seen simultaneously by more than one observer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| demonstrator | 1. One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence. 2. <anatomy> A teacher of practical anatomy. Origin: L., cf. F. Demonstrateur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| demorphinization | 1. Removal of morphine from an opiate. 2. Gradual withdrawal of morphine as a method of overcoming morphine dependence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| demotic | Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. Demotic alphabet or character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character. Synonym: epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial. Origin: Gr, fr. The people: cf. F. Demotique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |