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Definition of "demos" []

  • The common people; the populace. (noun)
  • The common people of an ancient Greek state. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "demos" in a sentence
  • "I've come to the conclusion that democracy must fail because the demos is either too ignorant or unintelligent for it to work."
  • "This looked fast enough in demos; then again, doesn't everything?"
  • "Kim Moser has lovingly captured a bunch of old Commodore PET and C-64 demos from the late 1970s and early 1980s, and saved them as movies you can play online."