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{
"term": "democratic",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "controlled by representatives who are elected by the people of a country; connected with this system",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a democratic country"
},
{
"text": "a democratic system"
},
{
"text": "democratic government"
},
{
"text": "They are aiming to make the institutions of the EU truly democratic."
},
{
"text": "Exercise your democratic right to vote."
},
{
"text": "There have been major changes in the constitution, but the system remains democratic."
},
{
"text": "They have a fairly democratic form of government."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["genuinely", "truly", "fully"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "based on the principle that all members have an equal right to be involved in running an organization, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "democratic participation"
},
{
"text": "a democratic decision"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["genuinely", "truly", "fully"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "based on the principle that all members of society are equal rather than divided by money or social class",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a democratic society"
},
{
"text": "democratic reforms"
},
{
"text": "In 1776 these were considered dangerously democratic principles."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["genuinely", "truly", "fully"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "connected with the Democratic Party in the US",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Democratic senator from Oregon"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdeməˈkrætɪk/",
"audio": "de/democratic/democratic__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdeməˈkrætɪk/",
"audio": "de/democratic/democratic__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French démocratique, via medieval Latin from Greek dēmokratikos, from dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’."
}