Democracy

Quick meaning: Democracy is a noun meaning (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.

Meaning

(countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A state with a democratic system of government.
2. (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
3. (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).

Example Sentences

Everyone who wanted to speak did so. It was democracy in its purest form.

Since the wisest and most moral would not necessarily be the choice of the majority of people, Plato's Republic is not a democracy.

Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy.

The period, that is, which marks the transition from absolutism or aristocracy to democracy will mark also the transition from absolutist or autocratic methods of nomination to democratic methods.

Word Forms

• democracies

Synonyms for democracy

Depending on context, synonyms include democratism, commonwealth, republic.

Antonyms for democracy

Common opposites include autarchy, autocracy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include republic, commonwealth, democratization, democratically, democratic, democratisation.

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