Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun demotic

2 senses of demotic

Sense 1
Demotic, Demotic script -- (a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek")
       => hieratic, hieratic script -- (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests)

Sense 2
Romaic, Demotic -- (the modern Greek vernacular)
       => Modern Greek, New Greek -- (the Greek language as spoken and written today)

Antonyms of adj demotic

1 of 2 senses of demotic

Sense 2
demotic -- (of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms")

INDIRECT (VIA common) -> uncommon -- (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability")

Similarity of adj demotic

2 senses of demotic

Sense 1
Demotic -- (of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use)

Sense 2
demotic -- (of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms")
       => common (vs. uncommon) -- (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap")

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