{
    "term": "democratic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "controlled by representatives who are elected by the people of a country; connected with this system",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a democratic country"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a democratic system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "democratic government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are aiming to make the institutions of the EU truly democratic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exercise your democratic right to vote."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been major changes in the constitution, but the system remains democratic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a fairly democratic form of government."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["genuinely", "truly", "fully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "based on the principle that all members have an equal right to be involved in running an organization, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "democratic participation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a democratic decision"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["genuinely", "truly", "fully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "based on the principle that all members of society are equal rather than divided by money or social class",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a democratic society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "democratic reforms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1776 these were considered dangerously democratic principles."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["genuinely", "truly", "fully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with the Democratic Party in the US",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Democratic senator from Oregon"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdeməˈkrætɪk/",
                "audio": "de/democratic/democratic__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdeməˈkrætɪk/",
                "audio": "de/democratic/democratic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French démocratique, via medieval Latin from Greek dēmokratikos, from dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’."
}