Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the common people; popular.
- adjective Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- adjective Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.
- noun Demotic Greek.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Popular; pertaining to the common people: specifically applied to a certain mode of writing used in Egypt for epistolary and business purposes from about the seventh century
b. c. , as distinguished from the hieratic and hieroglyphic. Also calledenchorial . - Pertaining to a people developed beyond the tribal stage and including individuals of various kindreds or nationalities.
- Social.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
- adjective a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also
epistolographic character , andenchorial character . SeeEnchorial .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or for the
common people. - adjective Of, relating to, or written in the
vulgar form of ancientEgyptian hieratic writing. - adjective Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern
vernacular Greek . - noun linguistics Language as spoken by the common people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
- adjective of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
- noun the modern Greek vernacular
- adjective of or for the common people
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps the richest insights into the predominantly rural social environment of pre-revolutionary Greece are contained in demotic verse, much of which was composed, sung, and transmitted to subsequent generations by women.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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Recurrent scenarios in demotic songs convey the repressive behavioural codes governing gender relations, the trauma of forced/arranged marriages, as well as the abduction of women by obsessed admirers.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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Depictions of women in demotic song largely reflected the harshness of rural life and the specific predicament of women within its social and economic structure.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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The word, which means "of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing," is spelled "demotic" - without the "k."
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11The female warrior figure in demotic verse has a longer tradition, however, and can be traced to female warriors in ancient and Byzantine Greek myth.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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In the late period an even more cursive writing came into use, called demotic, or popular writing.
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In the 8th century there was a further abridgment of the hieratic writing, which was called the demotic, or people's writing, and was used in commerce.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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In the 8th century there was a further abridgment of the hieratic writing, which was called the demotic, or people's writing, and was used in commerce.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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In the 8th century there was a further abridgment of the hieratic writing, which was called the demotic, or people's writing, and was used in commerce.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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In the 8th century there was a further abridgment of the hieratic writing, which was called the demotic, or people's writing, and was used in commerce.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
sionnach commented on the word demotic
pertaining to the common people
October 9, 2007
seanahan commented on the word demotic
Also a language.
October 9, 2007