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What words have the greek root demo in them?

Here are some words with the Greek root "demo" meaning "people" or "the common people":

General Usage:

* Democracy: A system of government where supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free elections.

* Demographics: Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.

* Endemic: Native or confined to a particular region or people.

* Pandemic: Prevalent over a whole country or the world.

* Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

* Demagogue: A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.

* Demography: The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

* Demographic: Relating to the structure of populations.

* Demos: (archaic) The common people.

More Specific Usage:

* Demolition: The act of destroying a building or other structure.

* Demolish: To destroy completely.

* Demolitionist: One who advocates for the destruction of something.

* Demophobia: Fear of crowds or large groups of people.

* Demospongiae: (Biology) Class of sponges with siliceous spicules and a skeleton of spongin.

Note: "Demo" can also be a shortened form of "demonstration," as in a "demo day" for a startup company.

This is not an exhaustive list, but it gives you a good starting point for understanding how the Greek root "demo" influences the meaning of words.

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