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demographic

[dem-uh-graf-ik, dee-muh-]

adjective

  1. of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.



noun

  1. a single vital or social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths.

  2. a specific segment of a population having shared characteristics.

    The producers were looking for a show that would appeal to the 18-34 demographic.

demographic

/ ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk, ˌdiːmə- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to demography

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a section of the population sharing common characteristics, such as age, sex, class, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • demographically adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of demographic1

First recorded in 1880–85; demo- + -graphic
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Example Sentences

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In the course of feeding this demographic, members of Ktown for All built connections with the neighborhood’s street vendors.

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But there are other tricky trends the government is less fond of pointing out, that others call "crises" - notably the country's debt, and our shifting demographics.

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The test of how America responds in real time to the wholesale attack on its second-largest demographic group is now a shared assignment.

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These anti-Mexican sentiments are why California voters passed a slew of xenophobic local and state measures in the 1980s and 1990s when the state’s demographics began to dramatically change.

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Prodded by lawsuits and consent decrees, the once-mostly white department has grown to become more than half Latino, which more or less mirrors the city’s demographics.

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