DEMOTICS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective

of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

of or for the common people

Example: demotic entertainments; demotic speech; a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms

Part of speech: Noun

the modern Greek vernacular

Part of speech: Noun

a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

Example: Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek

Demotic, Demotic script, Romaic

The word "demotics" comes from Ancient Greek δῆμος.

Greek mythology embedded itself so deeply in language that we still use mythological names as common words.