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English Dictionary: democratic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): democratic, popular
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Democratic \Dem`o*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F.
      d[82]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.
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