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Demotic
//dɪˈmɑ.tɪk//
Synonyms for "demotic" (14 found)
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Related words (7)
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11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- на простолюдието adj (of or for the common people)
Catalan
1 entries- demòtic adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
Czech
1 entries- démotický adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
Finnish
4 entries- demootinen adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
- demoottinen adj (of or for the common people)
- demoottinen adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
- kansanomainen adj (of or for the common people)
French
2 entries- démotique adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
- démotique adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
German
2 entries- demotisch adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
- Umgangssprache noun (language of the common people)
Greek
3 entries- δημοτικός adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
- δημώδης adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
- κοινός adj (of or for the common people)
Hungarian
2 entries- népi adj (of or for the common people)
- népies adj (of or for the common people)
Irish
3 entries- coiteann adj (of or for the common people)
- coiteann adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
- coiteann adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
Romanian
1 entries- demotic adj (of or for the common people)
Russian
4 entries- демоти́ческий adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
- димоти́ческий adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
- наро́дный adj (of or for the common people)
- простонаро́дный adj (of or for the common people)
Spanish
2 entries- demótico adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
- demótico adj (of modern vernacular Greek)
Swedish
2 entries- demotisk adj (of or for the common people)
- demotisk adj (of the cursive ancient Egyptian script)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
demotic writing style
Source: wiktionary
Anything grandiose or historically based tends to sound flat and banal when it reaches English, partly because translators get stuck between contradictory imperatives: juggling fidelity to the original sense with what is vocally viable, they tend to resort to a genteel fustian which lacks either poetic resonance or demotic realism, adding to a sense of artificiality rather than enhancing credibility.
Source: wiktionary
An enthusiastic literary critical response ranged from Graham Greene, who admired Byron’s demotic, conversational brilliance, to the rivalrous Evelyn Waugh, who had to concede the book’s high spirits, via the Sunday Times, which linked Byron to his namesake (no relation) and declared him “the last and finest fruit of the insolent humanism of the 18th century”.
Source: wiktionary
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