English

Adjective

Democratic ‎(not comparable)

1. (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Democratic Party.

   Our last Democratic president was President Barack Obama.

2. (rare) Of or pertaining to democracy: democratic.

English

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

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).
   • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterII:

     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.

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References

• “democratic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Ladin

Adjective

democratic m pl

1. plural of democratich

Romanian

Etymology

French démocratique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de.moˈkra.tik]

Adjective

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

1. democratic

Declension