demotics means the area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense. It carries an Arena rating of 1331, earned across 35 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, demotics ranks #5,782 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #6,056 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #6,366 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #7,117 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “demotics” is a great word
DEMOTICS — [Noun] The branch of sociology concerned with the qualitative study of the common people, their characteristics, and social relations. From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, "people"). Unlike "sociology," which maps the grand architecture of social institutions, or "demography," which counts and categorizes populations with statistical rigor, demotics is a ground-level inquiry into the populace itself. It is the worn pattern on a factory worker's gloves, the cadence of gossip traded over a garden fence, and the unspoken rules governing a queue for the last bus home—a quiet science of the ordinary, knowing the truly common is the fabric from which society is woven.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).
noun
- The area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.
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