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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. Relating to a political party so called
3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
{The Democratic party}, the name of one of the chief
political parties in the United States.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
democratic
adj 1: 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}]
2: belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic
senator"
3: 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: {popular}]
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