democratic

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English

Etymology

From Middle French democratique (“pertaining to democracy, democratic”) (modern French démocratique), and its etymon Late Latin democraticus (“pertaining to democracy, democratic; democrat”), from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokratikós, “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”), from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā, “democracy”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix with the sense ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokratíā) is derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people; popular assembly; popular government, democracy”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide; to share”)) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-kratíā, suffix meaning ‘government; rule’) (from κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “might, strength; dominion, power”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“insight, intelligence; strength”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, demo- +‎ -cratic or democrat +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/, [-ɾɪk]
• Rhymes: -ætɪk
• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧crat‧ic

Adjective

democratic (comparative more democratic, superlative most democratic)

1. Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.

   Synonym: (archaic) democratical

   Antonyms: nondemocratic, undemocratic

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:democratic.
2. Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.

   Antonyms: nondemocratic, undemocratic
3. (US, politics) Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party”)

Alternative forms

• Democratic (rare)
• democratick (obsolete)

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Translations

Noun

democratic (plural democratics)

1. (chiefly in the plural, dated) Synonym of democrat (“a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France)”)

   Synonyms: (obsolete) democratical, democratist

Alternative forms

• democratick (obsolete)

References

Further reading

• democracy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “democratic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Ladin

Adjective

democratic m pl

1. plural of democratich

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

democratic m (feminine singular democratica, masculine plural democratics, feminine plural democraticas)

1. democratic

Related terms

• democracia
• democrata

Romanian

Alternative forms

• демократик (democratic) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French démocratique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de.moˈkra.tik]

Adjective

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

1. democratic

Declension