demotic
- n a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
- n the modern Greek vernacular
- a of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
- s of or for the common people
demotic entertainments
demotic speech
a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms
- The demotic narrative style, filled with humor, horror and the obsession to survive, softens Walker's messages: Sisterlove is beautiful, and Men stink.
- This, one wants to say, is the artist of American democracy, yearningly faithful to its clamor, its contradictions, its hope and its enormous demotic freedom, all of which find .
- Displaying an unexpected talent for the demotic in an interview to mark his coming of age in 2005, the young officer said, "There's no way I'm going to.