DEMOCRACY in English dictionary

  • democracy

    Meanings and definitions of "DEMOCRACY"

    • (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
    • (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
    • (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
    • noun
      (countable, government)
      A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
    • rule by the people
    • government under the rule of its people
    • A system of governance in which ultimate authority power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their freely elected agents.
    • democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)
    • noun
      a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
    • noun
      the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
    • noun
      the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

    Synonyms of "DEMOCRACY" in English dictionary

    political theory, school of thought, ism are the top synonyms of "DEMOCRACY" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of DEMOCRACY

    • democracy ( plural  democracies)
    • democracy (plural democracies)
  • DEMOCRACY
  • Democracy

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