democratic

See also democràtic

English

Alternative forms

• democratick

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛməˈkɹætɪk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

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.

Derived terms

• nondemocratic
• quasidemocratic
• semidemocratic
• German Democratic Republic

Translations

pertaining to democracy

• Catalan: democràtic (ca)
• Czech: demokratický (cs) m
• Dutch: democratisch (nl)
• Esperanto: demokratia (eo)
• Finnish: demokraattinen (fi)
• French: démocratique (fr)
• German: demokratisch (de)
• Greek: δημοκρατικός (el) (dimokratikós)
• Hebrew: דמוקרטי (he) (demoqrat'i)
• Hungarian: demokratikus (hu)
• Italian: democratico (it)
• Japanese: 民主的な (ja) (minshutekina)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دیموکراتی

• Maltese: demokratiku (mt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: demokratisk (nb) m

  Nynorsk: folkestyrd (nn) m, demokratisk (nn) m

• Persian: دموکراتیک (fa) (demokrâtik)
• Polish: demokratyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: democrático (pt)
• Romanian: democratic (ro)
• Russian: демократический (ru) (d'emokratíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демократски (sh)

  Roman: demokratski (sh)

• Spanish: democrático (es)
• Swedish: demokratisk (sv)

References

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

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Romanian

Etymology

French démocratique

Pronunciation

• IPA: [de.moˈkra.tik]

Adjective

democratic ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. democratic

Declension

declension of democratic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	democratic		democratică	democratici	democratice
	definite	democraticul		democratica	democraticii	democraticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	democratic		democratice	democratici	democratice
	definite	democraticului		democraticei	democraticilor	democraticelor