democratic

• democratick (archaic: antedates spelling changes recommended and popularized by Noah Webster et al.)

From Old French democratique, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατικός (dēmokratikós, “of or for democracy", "favoring or suited for democracy”)

• IPA^(key): /dɛməˈkɹætɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

democratic (comparative more democratic, superlative most democratic)

1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

   The United States is a democratic country, as the citizens are allowed to choose leaders to represent their interests.

2. (US) Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic.

   Mount Vernon is run by a strong democratic party organization.

3. Exhibiting social equality, egalitarian (see online Oxford).
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0147:

     Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

• “democratic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

democratic m pl

1. plural of democratich

French démocratique

• IPA^(key): [de.moˈkra.tik]

democratic m or n (feminine singular democratică, masculine plural democratici, feminine and neuter plural democratice)

1. democratic