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demo-itis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɛməʊˈaɪtɪs/
  • General-American: /dɛmoʊˈaɪtɪs/

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noun

Meaning 1

Attachment to the way the unpolished demo version of a song sounds, which forms as an artist or fan listens to that version repeatedly, and which causes them to disprefer a later, better (studio) recording of the song.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:demo-itis.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From demo + -itis.