See Also: social democracy(dictionary)
social democracy(encyclopedia)
democracy(dictionary)
democracy(medicine)
democracy(dictionary)
democracy(encyclopedia)
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democracy (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
pluto-democracy(dictionary)
parliamentary democracy(encyclopedia)

maladroit (iou) and social democracy (oh)


maladroit (iou)



maladroit adjective. L17.
[French, formed as MAL- + ADROIT.]
Lacking in adroitness or dexterity; awkward, bungling, clumsy.
F. Wyndham The self-consciousness which made her so socially maladroit. Sunday Express His maladroit fumbling had been honed to a streamlined accuracy.
maladroitly adverb L17.
maladroitness noun L18.

social democracy (oh)



n
[U] a political and economic system based on some ideas of socialism combined with democratic principles, such as personal freedom and government by elected representatives
[C] a country with a government based on social democracy
-- .social 'democrat n [C]