democratic

adjectives

characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality

"democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier

democratic

is derived from

democracy

antonym

undemocratic

is similar to

opposed to authoritarianism

antiauthoritarian

is similar to

favoring social equality

"a classless society"

classless, egalitarian

is similar to

having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament

"parliamentary government"

parliamentary

is similar to

in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly

"parliamentary law"

parliamentary

is similar to

affording the opportunity for individual participation

"participatory democracy"

participatory

is similar to

carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large

"the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"

popular

is similar to

being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives

"representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"

representative

is similar to

having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government

"the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne

republican