democratic wedding en · NOUN
Etymology
From democratic + wedding. Calque of Arabic عُرْس دِيمُقْرَاطِيّ (ʕurs dīmuqrāṭiyy).
Meanings
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(East, Middle, Palestine, idiomatic) An election.
Today is a real and democratic Palestinian wedding which challenges the arrogance of the Israeli occupational arrogance.
2006 January 25, commentator in Al-Quds, quotee, “Press caution on Palestinian vote”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2016:“The [PA] government will do its utmost to ensure the success of the democratic wedding, which will be held on the basis of public freedoms, pluralism and national partnership.” The “democratic wedding” is the term Palestinians often use to describe elections.
2021 February 22, Khaled Abu Toameh, quoting Mohammad Shtayyeh, “Palestinian Elections: PA urges Hamas to release ‘political’ detainees”, in the Jerusalem Post, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2021:The ‘national democratic wedding celebrations’—the parliamentary elections, which the executive authority always confirms are free and fair—do not always produce a positive response among voters.
2005, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Arab NGO Network for Development, Building Democracy in Jordan: Women's Political Participation, Political Party Life and Democratic Elections, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2017, page 108:This shows Lebanon’s democracy and the importance of democracy. This is a democratic wedding, and as we said from the start, congratulations to whoever wins tonight[.]
2018 May 6, Bassem Mroue, quoting Nouhad Machnouk, “Lebanon holds first general elections in 9 years”, in PBS News, archived from the original on 06 May 2018:Kuwait is living its democratic wedding represented in the in the^([sic]) parliamentary elections of the National Assembly[.]
2022 September 22, Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Statement of the State of Kuwait delivred^([sic – meaning delivered]) by the Representative of His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Amir of the State of Kuwait […] before the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly […], archived from the original on 12 Oct 2022:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see democratic, wedding.
Forms
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| democratic weddings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |