DEMOCRATIC Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

democratic

adjective

ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik

Definition of democratic

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of, relating to, or favoring political democracy the democratic system ensures that every citizen's voice is heard

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Recent Examples of democratic From a young age, our children receive conflicting signals about the meaning of participating in our democratic republic. — David Neil, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 Murphy explained that democracies die when those in power smash our democratic norms. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Moreover, most Americans maintained the outdated notion that oligarchies couldn’t exist in nations that were at least nominally democratic. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2014 that Hungary had sacked Baka for criticism of the ⁠government and that his removal did damage to democratic freedoms in Hungary. — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for democratic

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Lavender Lavender is a popular garden perennial for its pleasantly calming fragrance and profuse purple blooms.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
Since then, the outfit has remained massively successful in its home country of Canada and very popular in America – though its most recent full-length, Get Rollin’, marked its first to fail to enter the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in decades.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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Twenty-one representative motion clips were subsequently deployed on a physical humanoid robot, demonstrating reliable transfer from simulation to hardware.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
His election as chief executive in 2008 and 2012 greatly furthered rapprochement with Beijing, though negotiations on representative offices were unsuccessful.

— Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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The final package fell far short of what President Lai Ching-te insisted was necessary to prepare the self-governing island for a potential Chinese attack.

— Scott Tong, NPR, 11 June 2026
China claims the self-governing island as its territory and sanctioned four New Zealand lawmakers on Thursday to protest their recent visit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026

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