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Antonyms for demotic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-mot-ik
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɒt ɪk

Definition of demotic

Origin :
  • 1822, from Greek demotikos "of or for the common people, in common use," from demos "common people," originally "district," from PIE *da-mo- "division," from root *da- "to divide" (see tide). In contrast to hieratic. Originally of the simpler of two forms of ancient Egyptian writing; broader sense is from 1831; used of Greek since 1927.
  • As in colloquial : adj particular, familiar to an area, informal
Example sentences :
  • The Hieratic, like the Demotic, is always written from right to left.
  • Extract from : « The New York Obelisk » by Charles E. Moldenke
  • In Demotic, if I understand aright, the vowels are not written and the consonants often do not mean what they seem to mean.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Nefrekepta » by Gilbert Murray
  • It is a stel of black basalt, bearing an inscription in Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek.
  • Extract from : « The New York Obelisk » by Charles E. Moldenke
  • What I expected was a reply in kind, an hieratic acceptance or a demotic refusal; either one would be good practice for Monny.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • No one any longer wrote in the hieroglyphic, hieratic, or demotic scripts; in a word, the hieroglyphic writing was forgotten.
  • Extract from : « History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) » by S. Rappoport
  • Out of this fact grew the larger significance of the demotic writing as contrasted with the hieratic or priestly writing.
  • Extract from : « The Reign of the Manuscript » by Perry Wayland Sinks
  • You will remember how complex were the Egyptian styles of writing—both hieroglyphic and demotic.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
  • Mr. de Saulcy has already unravelled the intricacy of the demotic writing of Egypt and the popular characters of ancient Libya.
  • Extract from : « The Progress of Ethnology » by John Russell Bartlett
  • Examples of both hieroglyphic and demotic writing are given in the plates accompanying this sketch.
  • Extract from : « Palaeography » by Bernard Quaritch
  • The characters used by the Egyptians were of three kinds—hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

Synonyms for demotic

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