DEMOCRATIC


Meaning of DEMOCRATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik ]

adjective

Date: 1602

1. : of, relating to, or favoring democracy

2. often capitalized : of or relating to one of the two major political parties in the United States evolving in the early 19th century from the anti-federalists and the Democratic-Republican party and associated in modern times with policies of broad social reform and internationalism

3. : relating to, appealing to, or available to the broad masses of the people

democratic art

4. : favoring social equality : not snobbish

• dem·o·crat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.