different between democrat vs centrist

English

Etymology

From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?k?æt/

Noun

democrat (plural democrats)

1. A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
2. Someone who rules a representative democracy.
   • 2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:

     Democrats have to please a large segment of the voting public and will be punished if they fail to provide public goods […] . In the case of autocrats, however, they have to please a small minority of the governing power elite […] who will punish them if they fail to dedicate the public purse to their private enrichment.

3. (US, historical) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.

Related terms

• Democrat
• Demoncrat

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French démocrate.

Noun

democrat m

1. democrat (supporter of democracy)

Further reading

• democrat in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From French centriste.

Adjective

centrist (comparative more centrist, superlative most centrist)

1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.

Translations

Noun

centrist (plural centrists)

1. A person who advocates centrism.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• leftist
• rightist

Anagrams

• citterns, stricten

Romanian

Etymology

From French centriste

Noun

centrist m (plural centri?ti)

1. centrist

Declension