Demotic

/dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/

Synonyms for "demotic" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
colloquialcolloquial languagecommon peoplecommon speechdemotic language

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
demotic scriptdemotic writingegyptianegyptian scripteverydaymasses

Related words (10)

Noun(7 words)
Adjective(3 words)
plebeian inhabitantplebeian romanroman plebeian

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More general

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GreekModern GreekModern Greek languageNew GreekNew Greek languageegyptian writinghieratichieratic scriptlanguagelanguage stylepeopleregisterscriptsocietytonewriting system

More specific

14 entries
colloquial languagecolloquial phrasingcolloquial speechconversational tonecursive scriptdemotic characterseveryday speechinformal registerlaypeoplemassespublicscript symbolsvernacularvernacular usage

Collocations

7 entries
Demotic scriptcommon speechdemotic formdemotic languagedemotic usagedemotic writingpopular language

Inflections

3 entries
demoticsmore demoticmost demotic

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

André is studying Demotic now.

Source: tatoeba (13641829)

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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