democrat

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˈdɛməˌkræt/ UK /ˈdɛməkræt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an advocate or supporter of democratic government

A lifelong democrat, she championed universal suffrage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an advocate or supporter of... republican egalitarian populist

Opposites

autocratdictator despot tyrantmonarchist

Word family

Derived forms democratic democratize democratism democratist

Related forms democracy democratic

Etymology

From French démocrate, a back-formation from démocratie ('democracy'), ultimately from Ancient Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule').

dēmos Ancient Greek kratos Ancient Greek

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Topics

Law & Government

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# democrat

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɛməˌkræt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛməkræt/

## Meanings
1. an advocate or supporter of democratic government

## Examples
- A lifelong democrat, she championed universal suffrage.

## Synonyms
- republican
- egalitarian
- populist

## Antonyms
- autocrat
- dictator
- despot
- tyrant
- monarchist

## Derived Forms
- democratic
- democratize
- democratism
- democratist

## Related Forms
- democracy
- democratic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dēmos
- Root: kratos

## Etymology
From French démocrate, a back-formation from démocratie ('democracy'), ultimately from Ancient Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule').

## AI Etymology
Democrat comes from French démocrate, a back-formation from démocratie ('democracy'), ultimately from Ancient Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek dēmos and Ancient Greek kratos. As a noun, democrat names an advocate or supporter of democratic government. The same family is visible in derived forms such as democratic, democratize, democratism, and democratist and related forms such as democracy and democratic.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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