simple past tense and past participle of demote

(transitive) To lower the rank or status of. / (transitive) To relegate.

An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status

plural of demotion

present participle of demote

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demote

Of or for the common people.

(linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.

The demotic Egyptian script, used from c. 650 BCE to 452 CE. / (linguistics) The demotic Egyptian language, spoken from c. 650 BCE to 400 BCE.

(library cataloguing) The area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.