democraticness

Noun

democraticness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being democratic.
   • Because it appears so obvious to us that the exclusion of certain categories of people does not in any degree affect the democraticness of a political system, we feel it incumbent on us to include a reference to ‘justifiable exclusions’ in our definition of democracy.1995, James L. Hyland, Democratic Theory: The Philosophical Foundations, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 80
   • In summary: the cross-national analysis of factors promoting pluralism and polyarchy demonstrates (ceteris paribus) that favourable economic conditions and high(er) levels of human development are incentives for achieving higher levels of democraticness. However, like political factors, they are...2009 June 30, Todd Landman, Neil Robinson, The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40

   Synonyms:

   democraticity

   Antonyms:

   undemocraticness