demographic
/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.92 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
noun
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
noun
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
Example Sentences
- "Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich.""
- "A growing foreign-born population has sparked debate in Japan amid the pressures of a demographic crisis and economic worries."
- "1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance, Fourth Edition, Reston Pub. Co., →ISBN, page 604, Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of employees. Segregating employees by such demographics as gender, race, or age group (e.g., 18–25, 26–39, 40–50, 51–65), a compa-ratio analysis could provide a first indication […]"
- "2000, James Chapman, “Impact of Building Roads to Everywhere”, in Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres (eds.), Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta, Island Press, →ISBN, page 82, How will this investment affect at the individual level, based on being disaggregated by various demographics (race and ethnicity, gender, age, disability, income) and locations (inner city, inner ring suburbs, suburbs, exurbs), miles traveled, travel time, accessibility to transit, and car ownership?"
- "2002, Laura Grindstaff, ‘Pretty Woman with a Gun: La Femme Nikita and the Textual Politics of “The Remake”’, in Jennifer Forrest and Leonard R. Koos (eds.), Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and Practice, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 281, […] it was also the initial verdict for the Nikita television series before the show garnered something of a cult following among the crucial 30–something demographic, at which point the critical response grew decidedly more favorable."
- "A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target."
Etymology
From demography + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
- British English: /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/