as in republican
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
This is the time to defend democratic government, the rule of law, and the freedoms generations fought to secure.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
An opening gala was held on Monday, during which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the West’s democratic civilization is under threat from a destructive ideology that has infiltrated every country in Western Europe and the United States.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
All five Republican lawmakers at risk of losing their seats told the Washington Examiner that the process and speed by which the map was created and passed undermined democratic values.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2026
The president’s aesthetics are wackily fascist—but American culture, for now, remains peskily democratic.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
An opening gala was held on Monday, during which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the West’s democratic civilization is under threat from a destructive ideology that has infiltrated every country in Western Europe and the United States.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
All five Republican lawmakers at risk of losing their seats told the Washington Examiner that the process and speed by which the map was created and passed undermined democratic values.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2026
The president’s aesthetics are wackily fascist—but American culture, for now, remains peskily democratic.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democratic
republican
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The majority of what remained was auctioned off by the French state in a wave of republican sentiment almost a hundred years later.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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But the Fox Nation host, former Republican presidential candidate and current Ohio gubernatorial candidate has become, at least for now, a voice of relative sanity, taking aim at Nick Fuentes for his racist and antisemitic trolling.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Democratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democratic. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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