demographic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/    /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender. in-plural
    — 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 […]
  2. A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
    — 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.
  3. An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to demography.
    — 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."

词形变化

more demographic comparative most demographic superlative demographics plural

词源

词源 1
From demography + -ic.
词源 2
From demography + -ic.
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