democratic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: dem=o=crat=ic

OXFORD DICTIONARY

democratic, adj.
1 of, like, practising, advocating, or constituting democracy or a democracy.
2 favouring social equality.

Idiom

democratic centralism an organizational system in which policy is decided centrally and is binding on all members. Democratic Party one of the two main US political parties, considered to support social reform and international commitment (cf. Republican Party).

Derivative

democratically adv.

Etymology

F d{eacute}mocratique f. med.L democraticus f. Gk demokratikos f. demokratia DEMOCRACY

THESAURUS

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