demographic
pronunciation
How to pronounce demographic in British English:
UK [ˌdeməˈɡræfɪk]
How to pronounce demographic in American English:
US [ˌdeməˈɡræfɪk]
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- Noun:
- a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.)
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to demography
Word Origin
- demographic (adj.)
- 1891, from demography + -ic. As a noun, by 1998, short for demographic group or category. Related: Demographical; demographically.
Example
- 1. The authors call their calculations demographic , not political .
- 2. Such oversimplifications miss the demographic complexities of sittwe .
- 3. The brain drain reinforces a demographic trend .
- 4. Yet official attempts to stop the demographic meltdown have been faltering .
- 5. The yawning gap between blacks and whites persists across demographic lines .