The principles or spirit of a democracy.

(politics, informal, derogatory) The state of being a Democrat (supporter of a progressive political party), said as if it were due to a disease or affliction.

(transitive) To make democratic.

A left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs.

(politics) A supporter of social democracy, a political ideology in which a socialist system of government is achieved by democratic means.

Of or pertaining to social democracy.

(US politics, archaic) a member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America who supported the prosecution of the American Civil War

(US, historical) A moderate and conservative Democrat, in the south and midwest, many of whom had previously supported conservative Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace for President of the USA, who supported the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.

plural of democratic revolution

A revolution in which a democracy is instituted, replacing a previous non-democratic government, or a revolution which is brought about through democratic means, usually without violence.