democratical

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪkəl/ UK /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
of or relating to democracy; democratic

The pamphlet praised the colony's democratical institutions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · of or relating to... democratic representative popular egalitarian

Opposites

autocratic tyrannical despotic authoritarian

Word family

Derived forms democratically

Related forms democracy democrat democratic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek dēmokratikos ('of democracy') plus the English suffix -al; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). An older, now archaic variant of democratic.

dēmos Ancient Greek kratos Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# democratical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪkəl/

## Meanings
1. of or relating to democracy; democratic

## Examples
- The pamphlet praised the colony's democratical institutions.

## Synonyms
- democratic
- representative
- popular
- egalitarian

## Antonyms
- autocratic
- tyrannical
- despotic
- authoritarian

## Derived Forms
- democratically

## Related Forms
- democracy
- democrat
- democratic

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

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek dēmokratikos ('of democracy') plus the English suffix -al; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). An older, now archaic variant of democratic.

## AI Etymology
Democratical comes from Ancient Greek dēmokratikos ('of democracy') plus the English suffix -al; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). An older, now archaic variant of democratic. The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek dēmos and Ancient Greek kratos. As an adjective, democratical describes what is of or relating to democracy; democratic. The same family is visible in derived forms such as democratically and related forms such as democracy, democrat, and democratic. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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