Demotic in a sentence as a noun

A lot of those don't survive in hieroglyphs, though, but in hieratic or demotic script.

It is demotic theatrics that distract us from anything that actually matters.

In fact I could see a neo-reactionary calling the alt-right "demotic", which as far as I recall is the term they use for rhetoric of that style.

Being written in hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek, it only required that one language survive for all to be accessible.

Demotic in a sentence as an adjective

It is undeniable that the best parts of the Educational system are the most aristocratic, while the worst are the most demotic.

Surely cicero was capable of speaking demotic, and writing Katharevousa?The implication that Shakspear spoke in meter feels false.

Chris Faraone recently wrote an impressive survey of gender in ancient Greece looking not at the Aristotelian view, but rather at a demotic view through thins like references to love magic.

Demotic definitions

noun

a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"

See also: Demotic

noun

the modern Greek vernacular

See also: Romaic Demotic

adjective

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

See also: Demotic

adjective

of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"