(french) literally half world, the English equivalent would be underworld. It is important to note that the final e is not pronounced in accordance with rules of french pronunciation. Has a pretentious ring to it.
Person A: Hey do you want to tag along, me and a couple of friends are going to the club near the center that opened last year.
Person B: I rather not, I heard rumors that the owners have ties to the demimonde and that it is a hotbed for drug addicts.
A form of government, closely related to the traditional representational democracy, in which the system represents the views of half or less than half the populace due to low voter turn-out. This may be due to any number of factors, including, but not limited to war, martial coercion, and apathy.
“Like, a little over half the eligiblevoters got off their butts long enough to vote? That is such bs. We’re such a demimockracy.”