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demonstration

1. proof or evidence leading to proof
2. a manifestation of grievances, support, or protest by public rallies, parades, etc.
3. Maths a logical presentation of the assumptions and equations used in solving a problem or proving a theorem

Demonstration

 

(1) A procession, meeting, or other forms of expression of popular sentiments by the masses.

(2) A visual method of acquainting an audience with a phenomenon or object, such as a classroom demonstration of model animals and chemical reactions.

(3) Threatening acts by a state. Figuratively, deliberately accentuated, provocative behavior.

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not to stage a rebellion) contradicted previous experiences - whereas the traditional Volkstumult threatened the existing order with "disorder," mass demonstrations staged by the labor movement challenged the existing order with the image (and promise) of an alternative order.
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