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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dem-uh-krat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛm əˈkræt ɪk

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Définition of democratic

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French démocratique, from Medieval Latin democraticus, from Greek demokratikos "of or for democracy; favoring democracy," from demokratia (see democracy). Earlier was democratian (1570s).
  • As a political faction name, from 1790 in reference to France. U.S. political usage (with a capital D) attested from c.1800. The party originally was the Anti-Federal party, then the Democratic-Republican (Democratic for short). It formed among those opposed to extensive powers for the U.S. federal government. The name of the party was not formally shortened to Democratic until 1829. Democratic socialism is attested from 1849.
  • adj representative, self-governing
Example sentences :
  • The election of 1964 was a landslide victory for the Democratic Party.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • More than any of the others, the Twentieth Century will be democratic.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • Yours must be the spirit of the times, strenuous, complex, democratic.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • The Northern States were slow to adopt the Democratic creed.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • It originated, beyond a question, in the democratic element.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The Democratic Granger and the largely increased Republican vote was too much for us.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • Every petty bourgeois in a democratic community has a chance of rising and wishes to do so.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • To the United States, the noblest and the greatest of democratic nations!
  • Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
  • Nay, the very animals in a democratic State have a freedom which is unknown in other places.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Generally they call them masters, but in democratic States they simply call them rulers.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
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