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See also: Demo (disambiguation)

Demos is a Greek term referring to the ruling body of free citizens in ancient Greek city-states (like Athens), and as such is the primary root of the word "democracy".

Demos, DEMOS, or The Demos may also refer to:

Organizations

• Demos (UK think tank), London-based public policy research organisation and publisher
• Demos (U.S. think tank), a public policy research and advocacy organization
• DEMOS (Republika Srpska), a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• DEMOS (Montenegro), a Montenegrin political party
• DEMOS (Slovenia), a Slovenian coalition of political parties
• Demos Helsinki, a think tank in Finland
• Solidary Democracy, a political party in Italy
• Democracy and Solidarity Party, a political party in Romania

Arts and entertainment

• Demos (film), a 1921 silent drama movie
• Demos (novel), an 1886 novel by George Gissing

Music

• Demos, 1982-86, a set of recordings by Swedish pop artist Per Gessle
• Demos (Crosby, Stills & Nash album), 2009
• Demos (Edith Frost album), 2004
• Demos (Imperial Drag album), 2005
• Demos (Matt Skiba album), 2010
• The Demos (Jess Moskaluke album), 2021
• The Demos (Rebecca Hollweg album), 1999
• The Demos (Father John Misty EP), 2012
• Cowboys from Hell: The Demos, by Pantera
• Unlabeled - The Demos, 2006 EP by Leah Andreone

Computing

• DEMOS, a Soviet Unix-like operating system
• DEMOS (ISP), the first internet service provider in the USSR
• Demos Commander, an Orthodox File Manager for Unix-like systems

People

• Demos Chiang (born 1976), Taiwanese businessman
• Demos Goumenos (born 1978), Cypriot football midfielder
• Demos Shakarian (1913–1993), Christian businessman of Armenian origin from Los Angeles
• George Demos (born 1976), former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prosecutor, and former congressional candidate

Other uses

• Deme or demos, a suburb or subdivision in ancient Greece
  • Dímoi (singular: dímos), municipalities of Greece
  • See § Demos as personification for the quasi-deity
• Demos Medical Publishing, a publisher of books on medical subjects

See also

• The Demos Remastered: Anthology 1, a Black 'n Blue compilation album
• Eindhovense Studentenvereniging Demos, a student association in the Netherlands
• Demo (disambiguation)
• Deimos (disambiguation)
• Demoz (disambiguation)