The Only Use of
democratic
in
The Age of Innocence
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- To come to the Opera in a Brown coupe was almost as honourable a way of arriving as in one's own carriage; and departure by the same means had the immense advantage of enabling one (with a playful allusion to democratic principles) to scramble into the first Brown conveyance in the line, instead of waiting till the cold-and-gin congested nose of one's own coachman gleamed under the portico of the Academy.†
Chpt 1
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.