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

1. A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
   "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"
   - Demotic script
    
2. The modern Greek vernacular
   - Romaic

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

See also: common

Type of: hieratic, hieratic script, Modern Greek, New Greek

Encyclopedia: Demotic