adj. 1. Of or relating to the common people; popular: demotic speech; demotic entertainments. 2. Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing. 3. Demotic Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use. n. Demotic Greek. [Greek dēmotikos, from dēmotēs, a commoner, from dēmos, people; see dā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.