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Democratic vs Democrat - What's the difference?

democratic | democrat |

As adjectives the difference between democratic and democrat

is that democratic is pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people while Democrat is of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.

As a noun democrat is

a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

democratic

English

Alternative forms

* democratick (archaic'': antedates spelling changes recommended and popularized by ''et al. )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
  • :
  • (lb) Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic.
  • :
  • Exhibiting social equality, egalitarian (see online Oxford).
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  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

    • Derived terms

    * nondemocratic * quasidemocratic * semidemocratic * German Democratic Republic

    References

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    democrat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
  • Someone who rules a representative democracy.
  • * 2011 , Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine , ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:
    • Democrats have to please a large segment of the voting public and will be punished if they fail to provide public goods who will punish them if they fail to dedicate the public purse to their private enrichment.