民主的|みんしゅてきminshuteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivedemocratic
    アメリカ人あめりかじんは民主的みんしゅてきな国民こくみんである。↗
    The Americans are a democratic people.
Conjugation
Plain form民主的(みんしゅてき)
Polite (desu)民主的です(みんしゅてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)民主的ではない(みんしゅてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)民主的ではありません(みんしゅてきではありません)
Past (datta)民主的だった(みんしゅてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)民主的ではなかった(みんしゅてきではなかった)
Te form (de)民主的で(みんしゅてきで)
Adverbial (ni)民主的に(みんしゅてきに)
Conditional (nara)民主的なら(みんしゅてきなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymデモクラティックWrittenA written-style loanword meaning democratic; in everyday speech 「民主的」 is the more common choice.
  • Antonym独裁的どくさいてきNeutralDictatorial: one person holds all the power; the opposite of 「民主的」.
  • Antonym専制的WrittenWritten register: despotic and arbitrary; stands opposite 「民主的」 when describing political systems.

Use 「民主的」 for things that follow democratic procedures, as in 「民主的な手続き」. The loanword equivalent is 「デモクラティック」. The opposites are 「独裁的」 and 「専制的」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 民主主義みんしゅしゅぎの趣旨しゅし、手続てつづきにかなっているさま。
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