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Definition of demotic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

demotic

adjective
 
/dɪˈmɒtɪk/
 
/dɪˈmɑːtɪk/
(formal)
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  1. used by or typical of ordinary people
    • demotic language/speech
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the Egyptian demotic’): from Greek dēmotikos ‘popular’, from dēmotēs ‘one of the people’, from dēmos ‘the people’.
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