democratic

See also: Democratic and democràtic

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French democratique, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατικός (dēmokratikós, “of or for democracy", "favoring or suited for democracy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛməˈkɹætɪk/

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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.

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     Both [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and [David] Ben-Gurion also wrote songs of praise to the Ottoman Empire, its tolerance toward ethnic minorities in general — and to Jews in particular — as well as to the democratic changes it was undergoing.

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).
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Derived terms

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• German Democratic Republic
• nondemocratic
• quasidemocratic
• semidemocratic
• undemocratic

 

Translations

pertaining to democracy

• Armenian: դեմոկրատական (hy) (demokratakan), ժողովրդավարական (hy) (žoġovrdavarakan)
• Catalan: democràtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民主的 (minzhude), 民主的 (mínzhǔde)

• Czech: demokratický (cs) m
• Danish: demokratisk
• Dutch: democratisch (nl)
• Esperanto: demokratia
• Finnish: demokraattinen (fi)
• French: démocratique (fr)
• Galician: democrático (gl)
• Georgian: დემოკრატიული (demoḳraṭiuli)
• German: demokratisch (de)
• Greek: δημοκρατικός (el) (dimokratikós)
• Hebrew: דמוקרטי (demoqrat'i)
• Hungarian: demokratikus (hu)
• Icelandic: lýðræðislegur (is)
• Ido: demokratiala (io)
• Irish: daonlathach
• Italian: democratico (it)
• Japanese: 民主的な (minshutekina)
• Korean: 민주적인 (Minjujeokin)
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• Kurdish:

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• Maltese: demokratiku
• Maori: manapori
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: demokratisk (no)

  Nynorsk: folkestyrd, demokratisk

• Occitan: democratic (oc)
• Persian: دموکراتیک (fa) (demokrâtik)
• Polish: demokratyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: democrático (pt)
• Romanian: democratic (ro)
• Russian: демократи́ческий (ru) (demokratíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демократски

  Roman: demokratski (sh)

• Slovak: demokratický
• Spanish: democrático
• Swedish: demokratisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: демократичний (demokratyčnyj)
• Vietnamese: dân chủ (vi)
• Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטיש (demokratish)

References

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

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Adjective

democratic m pl

1. plural of democratich

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Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. democratic

Related terms

• democracia
• democrata

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Romanian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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	democraticelor	democraticilor