| 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. ] |
| 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] |
