democratic

«democratic» in Mova's school dictionary: Based on democracy: a system where people choose their… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (democratic, more democratic, most democratic)

meaning for a pupil

1) Based on democracy: a system where people choose their leaders by voting and have equal rights. tree →

2) Fair, where everyone has an equal say in a decision: «a democratic vote in class». tree →

3) (US politics, capital D) Belonging to the Democratic Party. tree →

4) Mixed up together in a jumbled way, with no one kind better than another. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons: democratic countries hold free elections; ancient Athens is called the birthplace of democracy. At school: choosing the class pet's name by a show of hands is a democratic decision. Phrases: «democratic country», «democratic vote», «democratic process», «democratic rights».

examples

• We made a democratic decision: everyone voted on the trip. tree →
• In a democratic country, people choose their leaders. tree →
• The school council is a democratic way to share ideas. tree →
• Voting by secret ballot is part of a democratic election. tree →
• The teacher wanted the class rules to be democratic. tree →
• Free speech is important in a democratic society. tree →

note

Noun: «democracy»; person: «democrat» (Democrat with a capital D in US politics). Opposite ideas: «undemocratic», «dictatorship». In maths, a democratic vote is decided by the majority: more than half of the votes wins.

In the corpora

• Some cobalt in batteries comes from small mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where children have been found working.
• Other long wars and crises include Yemen, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar and Haiti.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «democratic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.