democratic wedding
democratic wedding noun: an election.
Noun
democratic wedding (plural democratic weddings)
- An election.
- The ‘national democratic wedding celebrations’—the parliamentary elections, which the executive authority always confirms are free and fair—do not always produce a positive response among voters.2005, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Arab NGO Network for Development, Building Democracy in Jordan: Women's Political Participation, Political Party Life and...
- Today is a real and democratic Palestinian wedding which challenges the arrogance of the Israeli occupational arrogance.2006 January 25, commentator in Al-Quds, quotee, “Press caution on Palestinian vote”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2016
- Synonyms:
- democratic celebration
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see democratic, wedding.
Examples of democratic wedding in a sentence
- This is a democratic wedding, and as we said from the start, congratulations to whoever wins tonight[.]2018 May 6, Bassem Mroue, quoting Nouhad Machnouk, “Lebanon holds first general elections in 9 years”, in PBS News, archived from the...
- Kuwait is living its democratic wedding represented in the in the^([sic]) parliamentary elections of the National Assembly[.]2022 September 22, Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Statement of the State of Kuwait delivred^([sic – meaning delivered]) by the...
Synonyms of democratic wedding
- democratic celebration
Forms of democratic wedding
| plural | democratic weddings |
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Origin of democratic wedding
From democratic + wedding. Calque of Arabic عُرْس دِيمُقْرَاطِيّ (ʕurs dīmuqrāṭiyy).
Questions about democratic wedding
- What does democratic wedding mean?
- Democratic wedding means an election.
- How do you use democratic wedding in a sentence?
- This is a democratic wedding, and as we said from the start, congratulations to whoever wins tonight[.]
- What part of speech is democratic wedding?
- Democratic wedding is a noun.
- What is the plural of democratic wedding?
- The plural of democratic wedding is democratic weddings.
Words near democratic wedding in the dictionary
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