Democratic \Dem`o*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. d['e]mocratique.] 1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. 2. Relating to a political party so called. 3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. {The Democratic party}, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.