different between democrat vs communist

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

Alternative forms

• Communist

Etymology

From French communiste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.mj?.n?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.m.j?.n?st/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?nist

Adjective

communist

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

Derived terms

• communist party, Communist Party

Translations

Noun

communist (plural communists)

1. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
2. (nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

Translations

Anagrams

• uncommits

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French communiste or German Kommunist, itself from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.my?n?st/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?nist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

communist m (plural communisten, diminutive communistje n, feminine communiste)

1. a communist [from ca. 1840]

Derived terms

• anarchocommunist
• communistenvreter
• communistisch

Related terms

• communisme

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kommunis
• ? Indonesian: komunis