demotic

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Demotic - a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" Demotic script hieratic, hieratic script - a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
	2.	Demotic - the modern Greek vernacular Romaic 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"

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demotic

adjective

1. colloquial, familiar, informal, everyday, vernacular, conversational, idiomatic his command of demotic American speech

2. common, ordinary, working-class, humble, vulgar, grass-roots, lower-class, proletarian, common or garden, plebeian, lowbrow, lowborn a populist, demotic politician
common elite, noble, upper-class, aristocratic, patrician, blue-blooded, highborn

Translations

demotic [dɪˈmɒtɪk] ADJ → demótico

demotic

adj

Greek → demotisch

(= of the people) → volkstümlich