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demote verb

  /dɪˈmoʊt/ , /dɪˈməʊt/
  • (transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
 degradare
  • (transitive) To relegate.
 relegare

demotion noun

  • An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
 degradazione

demotic adjective

  /dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/ , /dɪˈmɒt.ɪk/
  • Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.
 demotica

demotic noun

  /dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/ , /dɪˈmɒt.ɪk/
  • (linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.
 lingua colloquiale
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