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demotic

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de·mot·ic  (d-mtk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the common people; popular: demotic speech; demotic entertainments.
2. Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
3. Demotic Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.
n.
Demotic Greek.

[Greek dmotikos, from dmots, a commoner, from dmos, people; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

demotic [dɪˈmɒtɪk]
adj
1. (Sociology) of or relating to the common people; popular
2. (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to a simplified form of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt by the ordinary literate class outside the priesthood Compare hieratic
n
(Linguistics / Languages) the demotic script of ancient Egypt
[from Greek dēmotikos of the people, from dēmotēs a man of the people, commoner; see demos]
demotist  n

Demotic [dɪˈmɒtɪk]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) the spoken form of Modern Greek, now increasingly used in literature Compare Katharevusa
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) denoting or relating to this

demotic
1. of or relating to the common people; popular.
2. of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt.
3. (cap.) of, belonging to, or connected with modern colloquial Greek. Also called Romaic.
See also: Language
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Demotic - a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"
hieratic, hieratic script - a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
2.Demotic - the modern Greek vernacular
Modern Greek, New Greek - the Greek language as spoken and written today
Adj.1.Demotic - of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
2.demotic - of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"
common - having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"

demotic
Translations
demotic [dɪˈmɒtɪk] ADJdemótico
demotic
adj
Greekdemotisch
(= of the people)volkstümlich


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Concentrating on elderly countrymen who had lived all their life in the same area, the Leeds team caught the end of an era of demotic speech before the mass post-war migrations.
They killed three foreign soldiers in Mir-Mandab area of Greshk and five demotic law enforcers in Nadali district, he claimed.
When the Canopy Stones were discovered in Kom El Hesn, we found out that the hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek texts were the same as the ones carved on the Rosetta Stone, but with the only difference that the Canopy Stones were intact, said El Shammaa.
 
 
 
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