democratist

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /dɪˈmɑkrətɪst/ UK /dɪˈmɒkrətɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
an advocate or supporter of democracy

The democratist argued that sovereignty must rest with the people alone.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

Opposites

autocratauthoritarian despot

Word family

Related forms democracy democrat democratism

Etymology

Formed from democrat (ultimately Greek dēmokratia) plus the agentive suffix -ist; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). A now rare synonym of democrat.

dēmos Ancient Greek kratos Ancient Greek

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# democratist

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

## Meanings
1. an advocate or supporter of democracy

## Examples
- The democratist argued that sovereignty must rest with the people alone.

## Synonyms
- democrat
- egalitarian
- republican
- populist

## Antonyms
- autocrat
- authoritarian
- despot

## Related Forms
- democracy
- democrat
- democratism

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

## Etymology
Formed from democrat (ultimately Greek dēmokratia) plus the agentive suffix -ist; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). A now rare synonym of democrat.

## AI Etymology
Democratist has the etymological history Formed from democrat (ultimately Greek dēmokratia) plus the agentive suffix -ist; from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule'). A now rare synonym of democrat. The ancestry passes through Ancient Greek dēmos and Ancient Greek kratos. The suffix -ist marks an adherent, practitioner, or associated person, 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 "an advocate or supporter of democracy", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include democracy, democrat, and democratism.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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