(in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈDem•oˈcrat•ic ˈPar•ty, n. [ proper noun;
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- Governmentone of the two major political parties in the U.S.
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Dem′ocrat′ic par′ty,
- Governmentone of the two major political parties in the U.S., founded in 1828.
'Democratic Party' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American Labor party
- Bebel
- Bolshevik
- Brandt
- Christian Democrat
- Clinton
- Constitutional Democratic party
- DP
- De Gasperi
- Dem
- Democrat
- Dixiecrat
- Dixiecrat party
- Fair Deal
- Farmer-Labor party
- Great Society
- Jefferson Day
- Jenkins
- Kerry
- Lassalle
- Liberal Democrats
- Liberal Party
- Liebknecht
- Menshevik
- NDP
- New Deal
- New Frontier
- Owen
- SDP
- Social Democracy
- Social Democratic Party
- Social Democratic party
- Social and Liberal Democratic Party
- Socialist party
- Solid South
- States' Rights Democratic party
- Watergate
- barnburner
- cadet
- demo
- democrat
- democratic
- donkey
- hunker
- kingfish
- majority
- party
- purple
- rooster
- social democracy