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democraticity

noun

Etymology

From democratic + -ity.

  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”
  6. formed as democraticity — “democratic + -ity”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of democraticness.

    • […] it believes national democracy to be the standard of assessment for the democraticity of the European Union.
    • It is not that there is more or less democracy on a local or transnational level but that there are different criteria to assess democraticity depending on the institutional level at which we find ourselves.
    • In my view, “democraticity” and legitimacy are thus two analytically distinct properties, such that a regime or representative may be democratically legitimate (popularly endorsed if you will) even as they are not democratic per se.

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