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democratic

adj
/ˌdɛm.əˈkɹæt.ɪk/UK/ˌdɛm.əˈkɹæt.ɪk/US/ˌdem.əˈkɹæt.ɪk/

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 (dēmokrătĭkós, “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”), from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā, “democracy”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix with the sense ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokrătĭ́ā) 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 (-krătĭ́ā, suffix meaning ‘government; rule’) (from κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “might, strength; dominion, power”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“insight, intelligence; strength”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, demo- + -cratic or democrat + -ic.

  1. derived from *kret-✻ — “insight, intelligence; strength”
  2. derived from *deh₂-✻ — “to divide; to share”
  3. derived from δημοκρᾰτῐκός — “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”
  4. derived from democraticus — “pertaining to democracy, democratic; democrat”
  5. derived from democratique — “pertaining to democracy, democratic”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to democracy

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

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

  2. Exhibiting social equality

    Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.

    • "Oh, I hold with the framers of the Constitution, that all men are created free and equal; likewise, all boys and girls," said democratic Kitty; […]
    • Hunting in the year 1000 was still a democratic pastime. Every free-born Anglo-Saxon had the right to enter the forest and bring home game for the pot.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the…

    Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party”).

    • Mount Vernon is run by a strong democratic party organization.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Synonym of democrat (“a supporter of democracy

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

      • This kingly government (as some call it) is a thing that our democraticks cannot brook: we are an undone people if we do not down with that.
      • […] [Thomas] Fairfax was made general of all the forces both in England and Ireland; and Rainsbrough [i.e., Thomas Rainsborough], a leveller, and a violent head of the democraticks, high-admiral.

    2. Of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party of the United States.

      • The most recent Democratic president of the United States is Joe Biden.
      • The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.

    3. Alternative letter-case form of democratic (“pertaining to democracy”).

The neighborhood

Derived

antidemocratic, anti-democratic, aristodemocratic, counterdemocratic, cyberdemocratic, democratical, democratically, democratic backsliding, democratic centralisation, democratic centralism, democratic centralization, democratic deficit, democratic education, democraticity, democraticness, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, democratic revolution, democratic socialism, democratic socialist, democratist, democratistic, demsoc, e-democratic, German Democratic Republic, hyperdemocratic, Islamocratic, nondemocratic, overdemocratic, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, plutodemocratic, post-democratic, predemocratic, prodemocratic, pseudodemocratic, quasidemocratic, semidemocratic, social democratic, technodemocratic, theodemocratic, ultrademocratic · +1 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at democratic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at democratic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at democratic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA