## 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.

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