'Democratic' definitions:
Definition of 'democratic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic senator"
adjective
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: democratic, popular]
Definition of 'Democratic'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'democratic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Democratic'
- Democrat,
- Democratical,
- Democratically,
- Democratism,
- Democratize,
- democratization,
- Democratic Party,
- The Democratic party,
- democratic republic of the congo,
- german democratic republic,
- liberal democrat party,
- party of democratic kampuchea,
- social democratic party,
- democratic and popular republic of algeria,
- democratic front for the liberation of palestine,
- democratic people's republic of korea,
- democratic-republican party,
- federal democratic republic of ethiopia,
- lao people's democratic republic,
- states' rights democratic party,
- democratic republic of sao tome and principe,
- democratic socialist republic of sri lanka,
- popular democratic front for the liberation of palestine