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 Definitions for democratic: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Democratic \Dem`o*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. d['e]mocratique.]
1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or
constructed upon the principle of government by the
people.
[1913 Webster]
2. belonging to or relating to the Democratic party, the
political party so called.
[1913 Webster]
3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
[1913 Webster]
The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief
political parties in the United States.
Note: Presidents of the United States who belonged to the
Democratic party in the twentieth century were Woodrow
Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F.
Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill
Clinton.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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democratic
adj 1: characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles
of democracy or social equality; "democratic
government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic
scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
[ant: undemocratic]
2: belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic
senator"
3: representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of
the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic
or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular
science"; "popular fiction" [syn: popular]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "democratic":
absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
bureaucratic, civic, civil, classless, constitutional, despotic,
dictatorial, egalitarian, fascist, federal, federalist,
federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous,
libertarian, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial,
monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic,
parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic,
pluralistic, political, popular, representative, republican,
self-governing, theocratic, totalitarian
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