The Only Use of
democratic
in
The Idiot
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Admit, prince, that in your relations with Nastasia Philipovna there has existed, from the very first, something democratic, and the fascination, so to speak, of the 'woman question'?†
Chpt 4.9
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, democratic refers to the United States political party, the Democrats whose main political rivals are the Republicans.