• IPA: /dɛməˈkɹætɪk/

democratic

1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

   The United States is a democratic country, as the citizens are allowed to choose leaders to represent their interests.

2. (US) Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic.

   Mount Vernon is run by a strong democratic party organization.

3. Exhibiting social equality, egalitarian (see online Oxford ↗).
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0147 ↗:

     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.

• French: démocratique
• German: demokratisch
• Italian: democratico
• Portuguese: democrático
• Russian: демократи́ческий
• Spanish: democrático

democratic (not comparable)

1. (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Democratic Party.

   Our last Democratic president was President Barack Obama.

2. (rare) Of or pertaining to democracy: democratic.