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# democratic

«democratic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Based on democracy: a system where people choose their…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (democratic, more democratic, most democratic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Based on democracy: a system where people choose their leaders by voting and have equal rights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#m1)

2) Fair, where everyone has an equal say in a decision: «a democratic vote in class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#m2)

3) (US politics, capital D) Belonging to the Democratic Party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#m3)

4) Mixed up together in a jumbled way, with no one kind better than another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons: democratic countries hold free elections; ancient Athens is called the birthplace of democracy. At school: choosing the class pet's name by a show of hands is a democratic decision. Phrases: «democratic country», «democratic vote», «democratic process», «democratic rights».

### examples

- We made a democratic decision: everyone voted on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#x1)
- In a democratic country, people choose their leaders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#x2)
- The school council is a democratic way to share ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#x3)
- Voting by secret ballot is part of a democratic election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#x4)
- The teacher wanted the class rules to be democratic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#x5)
- Free speech is important in a democratic society. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/#x6)

### note

Noun: «democracy»; person: «democrat» (Democrat with a capital D in US politics). Opposite ideas: «undemocratic», «dictatorship». In maths, a democratic vote is decided by the majority: more than half of the votes wins.

### In the corpora

- [Some cobalt in batteries comes from small mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where children have been found working.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/15/)
- [Other long wars and crises include Yemen, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar and Haiti.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «democratic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democratic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.