democratic

Definition of democratic in English English dictionary: Of or pertaining to democracy: democratic; Of or pertaining to the Democratic Party
Our last Democratic president was President Bill Clinton.; Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic
Mount Vernon is run by a strong democratic party organization.; Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people
The United States is a democratic country, as the citizens are allowed to choose leaders to represent their interests.; {s} pertaining to a democracy (government run by the people of the country); pertaining to democratic principles (equal rights and privileges); Befitting the common people; opposed to aristocratic; Relating to a political party so called; Something that is democratic is based on the idea that everyone should have equal rights and should be involved in making important decisions. Education is the basis of a democratic society + democratically demo·crati·cal·ly This committee will enable decisions to be made democratically; pertaining to a form or style of leadership based on equality, shared power, group decision making, and the greatest good for the greatest number; adj treating persons of all classes in the same way; not snobbish; A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people. Bolivia returned to democratic rule in 1982, after a series of military governments. + democratically demo·crati·cal·ly That June, Yeltsin became Russia's first democratically elected President; Democratic is used in the titles of some political parties. the Social Democratic Party. adj. Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Lao People's Democratic Republic Christian Democratic Union Constitutional Democratic Party Democratic Party Democratic Republic of East Timor Free Democratic Party German Democratic Republic Christian Democratic Party Democratic People's Republic of Korea Liberal Democratic Party New Democratic Party Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party Saharan Arab Democratic Republic Social Democratic Party of Germany Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Students for a Democratic Society Congo Democratic Republic of the Democratic Party of the Left Italian Democratic Socialists SDI Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe; Reforms - Party term for the implementation of radical reforms, particularly redistribution of land, initiated from the early 1950s in Kham and Amdo and from March 1959 in the TAR, where it followed the March 1959 Uprising Chinese: minzhu gaige, Tibetan: dmangs-gtso’i bcos-sgyur (mangtso choegyur); 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 belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic senator; 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"; That which displays an egalitarian belief in the equality and fraternity of all, particularly the right to participate in collective decision-making; Characterized by the principle of political or social equality for all; belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic senator"; populist; democratical
Democratic Party: Any of several political parties, worldwide, that have democratic principles
Democratic Party: The more liberal of two main political parties in the United States, see
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: A country in East Asia, the northernmost of the two states born of the partition of Korea following the Korean War, often called North Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo: A large central African nation, formerly called Zaire
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka
democratic socialism: A left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs
democratic socialism: Any form of socialism based on democratic principles and institutions
democratic consolidation: The process by which a new democracy matures, in a way that means it is unlikely to revert to authoritarianism without an external shock
democratic national convention: The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years administered by the Democratic National Committee of the United States Democratic Party. As a national affair, the meeting is attended by delegates from all fifty U.S. states as well as delegates from American dependencies and territories such as Puerto Rico. Like the Republican National Convention, the Democratic National Convention marks the formal end of the primary election period and the start of the general election season
democratic socialism: (Politika Siyaset) 'Democratic socialism advocates socialism as a basis for the economy and democracy as a governing principle. This means that the means of production are owned by the entire population and that political power would be in the hands of the people through a democratic state
Democratic Arab Party: Arab political party
Democratic Front for Peace and Equality: Israeli political party that was made up of representatives of the extreme left
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine: socialist political group headed by Naif Chuatamma which advocates a revolution of the working class and the creation of a Palestinian state
Democratic Movement for Change: Israeli central/moderate political party that was established in 1976 as a perpetuation of the protest movements that were born after the Yom Kippur War in the early 1970's
Democratic National Convention: convention of the Democratic party which is held every fours years for the purpose of nominating the party's candidates for President and Vice President
Democratic Party: One of the two major political parties in the United States, owing its origin to a split in the Democratic-Republican Party under Andrew Jackson in 1828. the Democratic Party one of the two main political parties of the US the Republican Party. One of the two major political parties in the U.S., historically the party of labour, minorities, and progressive reformers. In the 1790s a group of Thomas Jefferson's supporters called themselves "Democratic Republicans" or "Jeffersonian Republicans" to demonstrate their belief in the principle of popular government and their opposition to monarchism. The party adopted its present name in the 1830s, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Democrats won nearly every presidential election in the years 1836-60, but the issue of slavery split the party. The Southern Democrats called for the protection of slavery in the new territories, whereas the Northern Democrats, led by Stephen A. Douglas, advocated allowing each territory to decide by popular sovereignty whether to accept slavery within its borders. As a result, in 1860 the new antislavery Republican Party won its first national victory under Abraham Lincoln. From 1861 to 1913 the only Democratic president was Grover Cleveland; in these years the party was basically conservative and agrarian-oriented, and its members were opposed to protective tariffs. It returned to power under Woodrow Wilson, instituting greater federal regulation of banking and industry, but the Republicans' frank embrace of big business drew voters amid the prosperity of the 1920s. Democrats became dominant again in 1932, electing Franklin D. Roosevelt. A coalition of urban workers, small farmers, liberals, and others sustained Democrats in office until 1953, and the party regained the presidency with the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960. In the 1970s and '80s the Democrats held the presidency only during the single term of Jimmy Carter (1976-81) but retained majority control of the House of Representatives. They regained the presidency in 1992 with the election of Bill Clinton but lost control of both the House and the Senate in 1994. In the presidential election of 2000, Clinton's vice president, Al Gore, was defeated by Republican George W. Bush. In 2004 the party's presidential nominee, John Kerry, was defeated by Bush, and the Democrats lost seats in both houses of Congress. The modern Democratic Party generally supports a strong federal government with powers to regulate business and industry in the public interest; federally financed social services and benefits for the poor, the unemployed, the aged, and other groups; and the protection of civil rights
Democratic Party: one of two of the largest political parties in the U.S. (the more leftist party)
Democratic Republic of Congo: a very large country in central Africa, which was called Zaïre between 1971 and 1997, and before that was called the Belgian Congo. Population: 53,625,000 (2001). Capital: Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: {i} East Timor, Timor-Leste, republic on the eastern side of the Indonesian Timor island, area that was formerly a Portuguese colony and in May 2002 became an independent nation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: {i} Congo, country in central Africa on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, formerly Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo: known as Congo (Kinshasa) formerly (1971-97) Republic of Zaire (1960-71) Congo (1908-60) Belgian Congo (1885-1908) Congo Free State Country, central Africa
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: {i} Sri Lanka, island in the Indian Ocean south of India (formerly known as Ceylon)
Democratic frontrunner: candidate that is currently leading a race for nomination by the Democratic party (Politics)
democratic front for the liberation of palestine: a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change; "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren
democratic government: {i} government run by the people of the country; democracy
democratic party: the older of two major political parties in the United States
democratic regime: government based upon democratic principles (i.e. equal rights and opportunity for all its citizens)
democratic republic of the congo: Congo: a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
democratic society: society that is governed by the rules of democracy (i.e. equal rights and opportunity for all its citizens)
democratic-republican party: a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government
Democrat: Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States
Democrat: A member or supporter of the Australian Democrats, a liberal political party
German Democratic Republic: The official name of East Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990
Movement for Democratic Change: A political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 1999. Abbreviation: MDC
New Democratic: pertaining to the policies of the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party: A Canadian political party which fields candidates in both provincial and federal elections, founded in 1961
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen: A country in the Middle East from 1967 until 1990; South Yemen
anti-democratic: opposing the democratic process or democracy, especially by the use of force
anti-democratic: enforcing views contrary to that of a majority of the public
democrat: A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France)
social democratic: Of or pertaining to social democracy
democrat: {n} an adherent to gov. by the people
Christian Democratic Union: German political party
Christian Democratic Union: German political party advocating regulated economic competition and close cooperation with the U.S. in foreign policy. It held power from the establishment of the West German republic in 1948 until 1969, and again in the years 1982-98. In 1990, with Helmut Kohl as chancellor, it oversaw the reunification of Germany. In the following years it and its coalition partners faced discontent over the economic burden of reunification, but the coalition retained a reduced power. Revelations of financial corruption in 1999 severely damaged the reputation of the party and of former chancellor Kohl. See also Konrad Adenauer, Christian Democracy
Constitutional Democratic Party: or Kadet Russian political party advocating a radical change in Russian government toward a constitutional monarchy like Britain's. It was founded in October 1905 by the Union of Liberation and other liberals associated with the zemstvos. Its members, called Kadets, dominated the first Duma in 1906 but were less successful thereafter. After the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, the party was outlawed and ceased to function
Democrat: A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: {i} Ethiopia, country in eastern Africa
Free Democratic Party: German centrist political party that advocates individualism and free economic competition. It was formed in 1948 by liberal delegates in the U.S., British, and French zones of occupation. Though relatively small, the party has made and broken governments by forming coalitions with larger parties, including the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party
German Democratic Republic: the official name of the former east germany
German Democratic Republic: East Germany, former country in central Europe (created by the post-World War II division of Germany, united with West Germany in 1990), GDR
Liberal-Democratic Party: Japan's largest political party, which held power almost continuously from its formation in 1955 until 1993. It was created through the amalgamation and transformation of various factions of the prewar Rikken Seiykai and Minseit parties. The conservative LDP appeared threatened in the 1970s but survived; the end of the 1980s boom years (the "bubble economy"), financial crises, and political scandals finally caused the party to lose its majority in the Diet in 1993. It came back to power in a coalition government in 1994, and since then LDP prime ministers have included Obuchi Keiz and Koizumi Jun'ichir
New Democratic Party: a political party in Canada which has fairly left wing ideas. Canadian democratic socialist political party. Formed in 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, it favours a mixed public-private economy, broadened social benefits, and an internationalist foreign policy. It formed governments in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia intermittently from the 1940s to the 1990s, in the Yukon Territory from the 1980s, and in Ontario in the 1990s. At the national level, however, it has enjoyed only marginal success. The NDP draws much of its support from the farmers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the urban workers of British Columbia and Ontario
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria: {i} Algeria, country in north Africa on the Mediterranean Sea (between Morocco and Tunisia)
Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party: Marxist revolutionary party that preceded the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Founded in Minsk in 1898, it held that Russia could achieve socialism only after developing a bourgeois society with an urban proletariat. The party split in 1903 because of the argument between the Bolshevik wing, led by Vladimir Ilich Lenin, and the Menshevik wing, led by L. Martov, over Lenin's proposals for a party composed of professional revolutionaries. Party members were active in the Russian Revolution of 1905. In the turmoil of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks broke completely with the Mensheviks and changed their name to "Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik)
Saharan Arab Democratic Republic: Disputed territory of Western Sahara occupied by Morocco. It was a Spanish colony from 1884 to 1976. After Spain left, native Saharawi guerrillas (see Polisario) based in Algeria declared a government-in-exile and fought Morocco and Mauritania for control. Mauritania made peace in 1979, whereupon Morocco claimed the whole territory. A referendum on whether the territory will remain part of Morocco or become independent has been repeatedly postponed. See also Hassan II
Social Democratic Party of Germany: German political party. Formed in 1875 as the Socialist Workers' Party and renamed in 1890, it is Germany's oldest and largest single party. Its influence grew until World War I, when centrists led by Karl Kautsky formed the Independent Social Democrats and leftists led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht formed the Spartacists. Its right wing under Friedrich Ebert helped crush the Soviet-style uprisings in Germany in 1918 and won 37% of the vote in the 1919 elections. The government's acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles and Germany's severe economic problems caused a drop in support in the 1920s. Outlawed by the Nazis in 1933, the party revived after World War II in West Germany and grew steadily, receiving almost 46% of the vote in the 1972 elections. It formed coalition governments with the Christian Democratic Union (1966-69) and the Free Democratic Party (1969-82). In 1990 it reunited with a newly independent SPD from the former East Germany, and in 1998 it returned to power under Gerhard Schröder as the senior partner in a coalition government with the Green Party
Students for a Democratic Society: radical American student organization founded in 1960 to promote participation in government affairs (after the start of the Vietnam War, the group changed its focus to actively protesting the War)
Students for a Democratic Society: Activist student organization in the U.S. Founded at the University of Michigan in 1960, its chapters were initially principally involved in the civil rights movement. Its "Port Huron Statement" of principles (1962) called for a new "participatory democracy." After organizing a national march in 1965 to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, it became more militant, organizing student sit-ins to protest universities' participation in defense-related research. By 1969 the SDS had split into factions; the most notorious was the terrorist-oriented Weathermen, or Weather Underground. By the mid-1970s the group was defunct
Ulster Democratic Unionist Party: a Protestant political party in Northern Ireland. Its members are loyalists who believe very strongly that Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK, and are opposed to Roman Catholic parties having any political power
democrat: One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people
democrat: Dem-o-crat (n) - a member of the Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States The 1996 Democratic party platform can be found on the website of the Democratic National Committee at www democrats org Democrats will be writing a new party platform at this year's political convention These positions are traditional Democratic positions and principles, though Democrats do not have to share any or all of them
democrat: a member of the Democratic Party
democrat: {i} member of the Democratic party; advocate of democratic rule
democrat: A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats
democrat: A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word `democrat' or `democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States. a senior Christian Democrat Congressman Tom Downey is a Democrat from New York
democrat: A political party that believes in more government involvement in spending and the advancement of social wellfare
democrat: an advocate of democratic principles
democrat: A democrat is a person who believes in the ideals of democracy, personal freedom, and equality. This is the time for democrats and not dictators. A peak, 4,315.1 m (14,148 ft) high, of central Colorado in the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains. a member or supporter of the Democratic Party of the US. someone who believes in democracy, or works to achieve it
democrat: A person who can either take charge or allow others to take charge, depending on the situation and the needs of the group
democratically: in a democratic manner
democratically: In a democratic way
democratically: in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles; "it was decided democratically"; "democratically elected government
democratically: in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles; "it was decided democratically"; "democratically elected government"
social democratic: A social democratic party is a political party whose principles are based on social democracy. relations with the social democratic governments in Europe
social democratic party: a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism
states' rights democratic party: a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman

democratic

Hyphenation

de·mo·cra·tic

Turkish pronunciation

demıkrätîk

Synonyms

autonomous, common, communal, constitutional, egalitarian, equal, free, friendly, individualistic, informal, just, libertarian, orderly, popular, populist

Pronunciation

/ˌdeməˈkratək/ /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk/

Etymology

() democrat +‎ -ic; see democracy; also influenced indirectly by Middle French democratique and directly by Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτικός (demokratikos, “of or for democracy", "favoring or suited for democracy”)