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Democratic

Democratic

3.7
About the Democratic Party in the United States
  • adjective
  • /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk/
translation icon : demócrata
  • The Democratic Party's platform emphasizes social equity and healthcare reform.
  • the Democratic Party
  • Democratic majority
  • Democratic National Committee

That was the largest increase in Democratic turn out in the nation.

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Examples

  • O'Brien was the chair of the Democratic Party.

  • Johnstown was a union town and a Democratic stronghold.

  • And that moment has to happen on the Democratic side in the next month.

  • Instead, economic decision making would come under Democratic control.

  • Are you tired of the Democratic Party?

  • Tonight was the last last debate before Democratic voting starts in February.

  • Brown beat Fortune in the 2010 Democratic primary with 80 percent of the vote.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Democratic congressman today, vice president tomorrow.

  • I've had it with Democratic politicians and Democratic strategist saying the following things.

  • Meanwhile, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is expected to win the Gem State on the Democratic side...

Compounds

A major political party in the United States that supports liberal and progressive policies

A political party that wants a slow change from capitalism to democratic socialism

The official name for North Korea, a country in the north of the Korean Peninsula

A large country in central Africa with many rivers and valuable minerals

A major United States political party in the early 1800s that wanted limits on national government power

A former country in central Europe that existed from 1949 to 1990

A Palestinian political group that seeks major national change and sometimes uses armed attacks

An island country in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Central Africa made of two islands

The official name of the country Sri Lanka

The official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa

The official name of Ethiopia, a country in northeast Africa

The official name for Laos, a country in Southeast Asia with no sea

A country that some countries accept as the government of Western Sahara

A partly recognized country in northwest Africa that claims the region of Western Sahara

A partially recognized country in western North Africa that claims Western Sahara

A communist group called the Khmer Rouge that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and caused about three million deaths

A Palestinian group that supports left-wing revolution and uses political and armed action

A former US party formed in 1948 by Southern politicians who opposed civil rights and supported states' rights

How Democratic

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  • Literature
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Democratic
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Republican
  • US
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Surface Forms

Democratic positive

Morphology

Democratic = democrat (transparent) = democrat + ic

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ic' to 'democrat', so 'Democratic' meaning 'relating to the Democratic Party' is directly derivable from the base.

Etymology

Democratic comes from the Greek parts demos ('the people') and kratos ('rule'), the same root behind democracy and democrat. So, when something is called Democratic in the U.S., it means relating to the political party that uses that name to show it stands for 'the people'.