单词 | democratically |
释义 | democraticallyadv. In a democratic manner; according to democratic principles. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [adverb] democratically1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 647 They were not summoned aristocratically..but invited democratically [Fr. democratiquement] and after a popular manner to Supper. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 98 Nor are those Provinces..Democratically, or Aristocratically governed, but Monarchically. 1711 Curate of Dorset's Answer to Curate of Salop's Expos. 16 A Monarch can govern his Kingdom democratically, a Common-wealth Monarchically, and an Aristocracy both ways. 1791 E. Burke Let. 25 Aug. in Corr. (1967) VI. 372 He is supposed to be very democratically inclined. 1839 Fraser's Mag. 19 149 He talked democratically with Lord Stanhope, conservatively with Mr. Pitt. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. v. 48 Persons so democratically-minded as Madison and Edmund Randolph. 1912 I. B. Cross Essent. Socialism iii. 24 Socialism..would supplant capitalism by a state of society in which there would be a democratically organized collective ownership. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. iv. 48 Four Yankees democratically chatting with but ruling the Ohioans and Illini and Swedes and Germans who had ventured to follow them. 1977 D. L. Horowitz Courts & Social Policy i. 18 The courts are more democratically accountable, through a variety of formal and informal mechanisms, than they have been accused of being. 2011 Independent 14 Nov. 17/2 In Britain, we have Boris, our own democratically elected loveable rogue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1603 |
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