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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Democratic \Dem`o*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. d['e]mocratique.]
     1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or
        constructed upon the principle of government by the
        people.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. belonging to or relating to the Democratic party, the
        political party so called.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to {aristocratic}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {The Democratic party}, the name of one of the chief
        political parties in the United States.
  
     Note: Presidents of the United States who belonged to the
           Democratic party in the twentieth century were Woodrow
           Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F.
           Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill
           Clinton.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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
              [ant: {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" [syn: {popular}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "democratic":
     absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
     bureaucratic, civic, civil, classless, constitutional, despotic,
     dictatorial, egalitarian, fascist, federal, federalist,
     federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous,
     libertarian, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial,
     monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic,
     parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic,
     pluralistic, political, popular, representative, republican,
     self-governing, theocratic, totalitarian
  
  

















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