# Democrat vs. Democratic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-vs-democratic/992270>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 29, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-vs-democratic/992270 "2023-10-29T15:57:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-vs-democratic/992270/12 "2023-10-29T17:07:37Z")

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I’m happy to see a thread on this, so I’ll copy my comment from the other thread over here.

> [@Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene MUST GO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1575):
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> It’s hard to call someone “democratic” in one breath and “socialist” in the next. Just as some people on this board insist on using the term “reactionary” instead of “conservative”; it’s the same logic. They don’t think the word is being used properly.
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> It’s really not much more than that.
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> Well, that and maybe a bit of honest confusion. Republicans belong to the Republican Party. The word “Republican” serves as both a noun and adjective. Those not trying to use it as a pejorative might assume Democrats are from the Democrat Party because they’d follow the same semantic rules.

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