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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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