different between democrat vs democratist

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 democrat(ic) +? -ist.

Noun

democratist (plural democratists)

1. A supporter of democracy, a democrat; specifically, an advocate of republican forms of government (originally as a supporter of the French Revolution). [from 18th c.]

Adjective

democratist (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or supporting, democratism.

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