democratic
Syllables: de·mo·crat·icUK/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/
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British/ˌdɛməˈkɹatɪk/
democratic adjective: pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people. Also the alternative letter-case form of Democratic.
Adjective (1)
democratic (comparative more democratic, superlative most democratic)
- 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.
- [S]ome firie ſpirited men in the Miniſterie, got ſuch a guiding of the people at that time of confuſion, as finding the guſte of gouernment ſweete, they begouth to fantaſie to themſelues, a Democratick forme of gouernment: […] and after vſurping the libertie of the time in my long minoritie, ſetled...1599, [James IV of Scotland (later also James I of England)], “Of a Kings Dvtie in His Office. The Second Booke.”, in ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΟΝ ΔΩΡΟΝ [BASILIKON DŌRON]. Or His Maiesties Instrvctions to His Dearest...
- Synonyms:
- democratical
- Antonyms:
- nondemocratic, undemocratic
- 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; […]1867 February, the author of “Watching and Waiting”, “Pauline”, in T[imothy] S[hay] Arthur, Virginia F[rancis] Townsend, editors, Arthur’s Home Magazine, volume XXIX, Philadelphia, Penn.: T. S....
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […] Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been...1910, Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some Who Passed”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 29
- Antonyms:
- nondemocratic, undemocratic
Noun
democratic (plural democratics)
- 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.1692, Gershom Bulkeley, “Will and Doom, or The Miseries of Connecticut by and under an Usurped and Arbitrary Power. […]”, in Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, volume III, Hartford...
- […] [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.1760, Delahay Gordon, “The Life and Death of King Charles the First”, in A General History of the Lives, Trials, and Executions of All the Royal and Noble Personages, that have Suffered in...
- Synonyms:
- democratical, democratist, democrat
Adjective (2) capitalized: Democratic
Democratic (not comparable)
- 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.2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN
- Alternative letter-case form of democratic (“pertaining to democracy”).
Also used as
democratic is also the alternative letter-case form of Democratic.
democratic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
democratic in Hindi
- pertaining to democracy
- डेमोक्रेटिक ḍemokreṭik, लोकतान्त्रिक loktāntrik, प्रजातंत्रवादी prajātantravādī
democratic in Tamil
- pertaining to democracy
- ஜனநாயக jaṉanāyaka
democratic in Marathi
- pertaining to democracy
- लोकशाही lokśāhī
democratic in Urdu
- pertaining to democracy
- جمہوری jamhūrī
More languagesFewer languages
- democratic in Sinhala
- ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී prajātantrawādī
- democratic in Pashto
- دېموکراتيک demokrātík
- democratic in Arabic
- دِيمُقْرَاطِيّ dīmuqrāṭiyy
- democratic in Malay
- demokratik
- democratic in Thai
- ประชาธิปไตย bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai
- democratic in Vietnamese
- dân chủ
- democratic in Myanmar
- ဒီမိုကရေစီ dimuika.reci, ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် dimuika.raktac
Examples of democratic in a sentence
- Others avouch plainly the Democratick Principles, That Government riſes from the People's Conſent, and is radically founded in them; […]1668, Abraham Philotheus [pseudonym], Anarchie Reviving, or, The Good Old Cause on the Anvile. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 2:
- Thrasy[b]ulus, having expelled the usurpers, established the democratic government, B.C. 401.1817–1820, [William Pinnock], “Of Bœotia and Attica”, in A Catechism of Universal History, Containing a Summary Account of the Various...
- In the United States, the federal and democratick parties divided the country till the termination of the last war.1835, Lyman Cobb, “Lesson CCXVIII. Political Definitions.”, in The North American Reader; […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]...
- Without these rights, the integrity of participation and competition—vital aspects of the democratic system—cannot be guaranteed.1994 October, Muthiah Alagappa, “Summary”, in Anne Stewart, editor, Democratic Transition in Asia: The Role of the International Community...
Synonyms of democratic
Antonyms
Forms of democratic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more democratic |
| superlative | most democratic |
| alternative form | Democratic |
| alternative form | democratick |
| Noun | |
| plural | democratics |
Origin of democratic
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.
See democratic.
Words formed from democratic
- Democrapic
- 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
- democratic wedding
- democratist
- democratistic
- demsoc
- e-democratic
- German Democratic Republic
- hyperdemocratic
- Islamocratic
- nondemocratic
- overdemocratic
- people's democratic
- people's democratic republic
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- plutodemocratic
- post-democratic
- predemocratic
- prodemocratic
- pseudodemocratic
- quasidemocratic
- semidemocratic
- social democratic
- technodemocratic
- theodemocratic
- ultrademocratic
- undemocratic
Phrases with democratic
- New Democratic
- democratic deficits
- Christian Democratic
- Democratic Kampuchea
- New Democratic Party
- democratic socialisms
- democratic socialists
- democratic revolutions
- Social Democratic Party
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- German Democratic Republican
- German Democratic Republicans
18 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Democratic Republic of Georgia
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Movement for Democratic Change
- Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
- Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
- Korean People's Democratic Republic
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- People's Democratic Republic of Korea
- People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Words that rhyme with democratic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- hepatic
- lymphatic
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- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about democratic
- What does democratic mean?
- Democratic means pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
- What is democratic in Hindi?
- Democratic in Hindi is डेमोक्रेटिक (ḍemokreṭik), लोकतान्त्रिक (loktāntrik), प्रजातंत्रवादी (prajātantravādī). See Democratic meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use democratic in a sentence?
- Others avouch plainly the Democratick Principles, That Government riſes from the People's Conſent, and is radically founded in them; […]
- What part of speech is democratic?
- Democratic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce democratic?
- Democratic is pronounced /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/ (UK).
Words near democratic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: democratic (page history and authors); Democratic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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