| Meaning | Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy / democracy or social equality. |
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| Examples | - "democratic government"
- "a democratic country"
- "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
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| Narrower | antiauthoritarian | Opposed to authoritarianism |
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| classless, egalitarian | favoring / favoring social equality |
| parliamentary | Having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament |
| parliamentary | In accord / accord with rules / rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly |
| participatory | affording the opportunity for individual participation |
| popular | carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large |
| representative | Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives |
| republican | Having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government |
| See also | elective, elected | subject to popular election |
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| Opposite | undemocratic | not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals |
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| Spanish | democrático |
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| Catalan | democràtic |
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| Nouns | democracy | the political orientation of those who favor / favor government by the people or by their elected representatives / representatives |
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| Adverbs | democratically | in a democratic manner |
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