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/de.mɔ.kʁa.tik/

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Translation

democratic

Word origin

From Greek dēmokratia (dēmos, 'people', and kratos, 'power, rule'), via French démocratie. English democracy and democratic come from the same root.

Origin
Greek
Root
dēmokratia
English cognates
democracy, democratic

Grammar

Masc pluraldemocratiques

Examples

.

France is a democratic republic.

l' .

The country held its first democratic elections last year.

institutions '.

Democratic institutions guarantee freedom of expression.

Like most French adjectives ending in -ique, doesn't change for gender: un pays démocratique, une élection démocratique.

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