democratist
English edit
Etymology edit
From democrat(ic) + -ist.
Noun edit
democratist (plural democratists)
- 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.]
- 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 83:
- You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists, who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community with the greatest contempt, whilst, at the same time, they pretend to make them the depositories of all power.
- 2022, Emily B. Finley, The Ideology of Democratism, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
- For the democratist, “true” democracy is always just around the corner, following the widespread observance of a new political program.
Adjective edit
democratist (not comparable)
- Relating to, or supporting, democratism.
Translations edit
relating to, or supporting democratism
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “democratist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)