Demotic vs Democratic - What's the difference?
demotic | democratic |
Of or for the common people.
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Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
(linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.
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Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
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(lb) Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic.
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Exhibiting social equality, egalitarian (see
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
As adjectives the difference between demotic and democratic
is that demotic is of or for the common people while democratic is democratic.As a noun demotic
is (linguistics) language as spoken or written by the common people.demotic
English
(wikipedia demotic)Adjective
(-)- demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient Egypt.
- demotic Greek
Synonyms
* (of the vulgar form of hieratic writing) enchorialNoun
(en noun)accents map
- Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like .
Derived terms
* demotistdemocratic
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Alternative forms
* democratick (archaic'': antedates spelling changes recommended and popularized by ''et al. )Adjective
(en adjective)online Oxford).