| demote | (v) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank, See also: bump off, Syn. bump, kick downstairs, break, relegate, Ant. promote, Example: She was demoted because she always speaks up; He was broken down to Sergeant |
| demotic | (n) a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script, Syn. Demotic script, Example: Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek |
| demotic | (adj) of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use |
| demotic | (adj) of or for the common people, Example: demotic entertainments; demotic speech; a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms |
| demotion | (n) act of lowering in rank or position, Ant. promotion |
| romaic | (n) the modern Greek vernacular, Syn. Demotic |
| Demote | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demoted p. pr. & vb. n. Demoting ] [ Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove. ] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.
Syn. -- bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Demotic | a. [ Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people: cf. F. démotique. ] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. [ 1913 Webster ]
Demotic alphabet or
Demotic character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Demotics | n. The department of knowledge relative to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense; -- in library cataloguing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| 下放 | [xià fàng, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄤˋ, 下 放] to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or countryside #13,672 [Add to Longdo] |
| 贬 | [biǎn, ㄅㄧㄢˇ, 贬 / 貶] to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate #19,259 [Add to Longdo] |
| 贬斥 | [biǎn chì, ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄔˋ, 贬 斥 / 貶 斥] demote; denounce #76,613 [Add to Longdo] |
| 削职为民 | [xuē zhí wéi mín, ㄒㄩㄝ ㄓˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ, 削 职 为 民 / 削 職 為 民] demotion to commoner (成语 saw) #193,801 [Add to Longdo] |
| 削职 | [xuē zhí, ㄒㄩㄝ ㄓˊ, 削 职 / 削 職] demotion; to have one's job cut [Add to Longdo] |
| 降职 | [jiàng zhí, ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄓˊ, 降 职 / 降 職] to demote (to a lower rank) [Add to Longdo] |
| 連 | [むらじ, muraji] (n) (arch) Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) #2,544 [Add to Longdo] |
| 臣 | [おみ;しん, omi ; shin] (n) (1) (arch) retainer; attendant; (2) (おみ only) (See 八色の姓) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); (3) (しん only) (hum) I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me #5,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 降格 | [こうかく, koukaku] (n, vs) demotion; (P) #5,872 [Add to Longdo] |
| そんでもって | [sondemotte] (conj) (col) (See それで) and (so); because of which; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| でもって | [demotte] (prt) (uk) (more emphatic than で) (See で・3) indicates means of action; cause of effect; by [Add to Longdo] |
| エジプト文字 | [エジプトもじ, ejiputo moji] (n) Egyptian script (i.e. hieroglyphs, hieratic, and demotic) [Add to Longdo] |
| デモテープ | [demote-pu] (n) demonstration tape [Add to Longdo] |
| デモティキ;ジモティキ | [demoteiki ; jimoteiki] (n) (See カサレヴサ) demotic (everyday form of modern Greek) (gre [Add to Longdo] |
| デモティック | [demoteikku] (n, adj-no) (See ヒエラティック) demotic (Egyptian script) [Add to Longdo] |
| 格下げ | [かくさげ, kakusage] (n, vs) demotion; downgrading [Add to Longdo] |
| 減等 | [げんとう, gentou] (n) demotion [Add to Longdo] |
| 降格人事 | [こうかくじんじ, koukakujinji] (n) demotion [Add to Longdo] |
| 降着 | [こうちゃく, kouchaku] (n, vs) (1) landing; touchdown; splashdown; (2) demotion (horse racing); (3) accretion (astronomy) [Add to Longdo] |
| 降等 | [こうとう, koutou] (n, vs, adj-no) demotion [Add to Longdo] |
| 降任 | [こうにん, kounin] (n, vs) demotion [Add to Longdo] |
| 左遷 | [させん, sasen] (n, vs) demotion; degradation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 駄目で元々;ダメで元々 | [だめでもともと(駄目で元々);ダメでもともと(ダメで元々), damedemotomoto ( dame de motomoto ); dame demotomoto ( dame de motomoto )] (exp) (See 駄目元) giving something a try because one has nothing to lose [Add to Longdo] |
| 大関陥落 | [おおぜきかんらく, oozekikanraku] (n) demotion from oozeki (the second highest rank in sumo wrestling) ranking [Add to Longdo] |
| 転んでも只は起きぬ | [ころんでもただはおきぬ, korondemotadahaokinu] (exp) (id) All's grist that comes to his mill [Add to Longdo] |
