democratism C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /dɪˈmɑkrəˌtɪzəm/ UK /dɪˈmɒkrətɪzəm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun adherence to or advocacy of democratic principles and government His pamphlets championed a fervent democratism against the old aristocracy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · adherence to or advocacy of... egalitarianismpopulismrepublicanism ↔ Opposites autocratismauthoritarianismdespotism Word family Related forms democracydemocratdemocratic Etymology AI details Formed from democrat (ultimately Greek dēmokratia) plus the suffix -ism denoting a doctrine or principle; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). dēmos Ancient Greek kratos Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # democratism **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈmɑkrəˌtɪzəm/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈmɒkrətɪzəm/ ## Meanings 1. adherence to or advocacy of democratic principles and government ## Examples - His pamphlets championed a fervent democratism against the old aristocracy. ## Synonyms - egalitarianism - populism - republicanism ## Antonyms - autocratism - authoritarianism - despotism ## Related Forms - democracy - democrat - democratic ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dēmos - Root: kratos ## Etymology Formed from democrat (ultimately Greek dēmokratia) plus the suffix -ism denoting a doctrine or principle; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). ## AI Etymology Democratism has the etymological history Formed from democrat (ultimately Greek dēmokratia) plus the suffix -ism denoting a doctrine or principle; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). The ancestry passes through Ancient Greek dēmos and Ancient Greek kratos. The suffix -ism marks a doctrine, practice, system, or characteristic tendency, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "adherence to or advocacy of democratic principles and government", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include democracy, democrat, and democratic. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown