(adj): opposed to authoritarianism
(adj): favoring social equality
(adj): having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament
(adj): in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly
(adj): affording the opportunity for individual participation
(adj): carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
(adj): being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
(adj): having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government
(adj): belong to or relating to the Democratic Party
(adj): representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
(adj): vs. uncommon) -- (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual