democratic

Japanese: demotic
democratic

...The name "hieratic script" was born because the last hieratic documents were often religious. "Demotic script" appeared around the 7th century BCE. It is a cursive form of hieroglyphics, and the running text is written mainly on papyrus from right to left. The contents include religious and literary matters, but most of them are related to legal and commercial contracts (see figure).

*Some terminology explanations that mention "demotic" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…末期のヒエラティック文書には宗教的なものが多かったので〈神官文字〉の名が生まれた。前7世紀ころから〈デモティックdemotic(民衆文字)〉が現れる。ヒエログリフの草書体ともいうべきもので,行文はおもにパピルスに右→左横書きに記され,内容には宗教的なものや文学的なものもあるが,法律上・商業上の契約に関するものが多い(図)。…

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