demotic

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demotic

adj. of the common people, popular; of or pertaining to the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing, written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing; of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on everyday simplified speech

n. demotic script of ancient Egypt; regular spoken modern Greek language

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Demotic

Demotic (Greek for "of the people" or "folkish"); with the meaning of the vernacular form of a language, it may refer to any local vernacular language where a comparison is required. However the term is most commonly used with:

Demotic Greek, a variety of the Greek language
Demotic (Egyptian), a script and stage of the Egyptian language
Demotic chu nom, a script for writing Vietnamese

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Demotic

Noun
1. the modern Greek vernacular
(synonym) Romaic
(hypernym) Modern Greek

Adjective
1. of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
(pertainym) Romaic, Demotic

demotic

Adjective
1. of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"
(similar) common

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Demotic

(a.)
Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.

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demotic

demotic /di:'mɔtik/

tính từ
- thông dụng (chữ viết Ai-cập xưa)
- bình dân; (thuộc) dân chúng; (thuộc) quần chúng