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demoticenUK
de·mot·ic D0127100 (dĭ-mŏt′ĭk)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 dēmotikos, from dēmotēs, a commoner, from dēmos, people; see dā- in Indo-European roots.]demotic (dɪˈmɒtɪk) adj1. (Sociology) of or relating to the common people; popular2. (Languages) of or relating to a simplified form of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt by the ordinary literate class outside the priesthood. Compare hieraticn (Languages) the demotic script of ancient Egypt[C19: from Greek dēmotikos of the people, from dēmotēs a man of the people, commoner; see demos] deˈmotist, deˈmoticist n
Demotic (dɪˈmɒtɪk) n (Languages) the spoken form of Modern Greek, now increasingly used in literature. Compare Katharevusaadj (Languages) denoting or relating to thisde•mot•ic (dɪˈmɒt ɪk)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to the current, ordinary, everyday form of a language; vernacular. 2. of or pertaining to the common people; popular. 3. of or pertaining to the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 B.C. and A.D. 500. n. 4. demotic script. 5. (often cap.) the Modern Greek vernacular (disting. from Katharevusa). [1815–25; < Greek dēmotikós popular, plebeian =dēmót(ēs) a plebeian (derivative of dêmos; see demo-) + -ikos -ic] demotic1. 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: LanguageThesaurus| Noun | 1. | Demotic - a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"Demotic scripthieratic, hieratic script - a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests | | 2. | Demotic - the modern Greek vernacularRomaicModern 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" |
demoticadjective1. colloquial, familiar, informal, everyday, vernacular, conversational, idiomatic his command of demotic American speech2. 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, highbornTranslationsдемотическийдимотическийнародныйпростонародныйdemoticenUK
demotic: see hieroglyphichieroglyphic
[Gr.,=priestly carving], type of writing used in ancient Egypt. Similar pictographic styles of Crete, Asia Minor, and Central America and Mexico are also called hieroglyphics (see Minoan civilization; Anatolian languages; Maya; Aztec).
..... Click the link for more information. .demotic1. of or relating to a simplified form of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt by the ordinary literate class outside the priesthood 2. the demotic script of ancient Egypt DemoticenUK
Related to Demotic: Demotic GreekSynonyms for Demoticadj colloquialSynonyms- colloquial
- familiar
- informal
- everyday
- vernacular
- conversational
- idiomatic
adj commonSynonyms- common
- ordinary
- working-class
- humble
- vulgar
- grass-roots
- lower-class
- proletarian
- common or garden
- plebeian
- lowbrow
- lowborn
Antonyms- elite
- noble
- upper-class
- aristocratic
- patrician
- blue-blooded
- highborn
Synonyms for Demoticnoun a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic scriptSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the modern Greek vernacularSynonymsRelated Wordsadj of or for the common peopleRelated Words |