democratic
English
/dɛməˈkɹætɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
- (US) Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic.
- Exhibiting social equality, egalitarian (see ).
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek δημοκρατικός (favoring suited for democracy, of for democracy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δημοκρατικός
Gloss
favoring suited for democracy, of for democracy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-democratic English
- antidemocratic English
- antidemocratically English
- aristodemocratic English
- cyberdemocratic English
- democratically English
- democratist English
- e-democratic English
- nondemocratic English
- nondemocratically English
- overdemocratic English
- plutodemocratic English
- predemocratic English
- prodemocratic English
- pseudodemocratic English
- quasidemocratic English
- ultrademocratic English
- undemocratic English
- undemocratically English
- demokratisch German
- democratico Italian
- démocratique French
- democrático Spanish, Castilian
- δημοκρατικός Ancient Greek
- democrático Portuguese
- demokratický Czech