democratic

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
2. Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.
3. (US, alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party”).

Noun

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

Opposite of

nondemocratic, undemocratic

Synonyms

popular

democrat

Democratic

egilitarian

democratical

republican

grassroots

democracy

Translations

démocratique

democratico

demokratisch

democrático

δημοκρατικός

democrático

democratisch

democràtic

démocrate

democratica

demokratik

ديمقراطي

demokratîk

ديموقراطية

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/

Etymology

Cognate with French: démocratique

In summary

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.