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expletive. n. 1. (Linguistics) an exclamation or swearword; an oath or a sound expressing an emotional reaction rather than any particular meaning. 2. (Linguistics) any syllable, word, or phrase conveying no independent meaning, esp one inserted in a line of verse for the sake of the metre. adj.
1. tending to manifest or express one's feelings easily or unreservedly. 2. (foll by: of) serving as proof; indicative. 3. involving or characterized by demonstration: a demonstrative lecture. 4. conclusive; indubitable: demonstrative arguments. 5. (Grammar) grammar denoting or belonging to a class of determiners used to point out the individual referent or referents intended, such as this, that, these, and those.