democracy

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democracy

n. government run by the people of the country; country with such a government; society characterized by equal rights and privileges

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Democracy

Democracy, or democratic government, is "a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity ... are involved in making decisions about its affairs, typically by voting to elect representatives to a parliament or similar assembly," as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary. Democracy is further defined as (a:) "government by the people; especially : rule of the majority (b:) " a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections."

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democracy

Noun
1. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory
(derivation) democratize, democratise
2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
(synonym) republic, commonwealth
(antonym) autocracy, autarchy
(hypernym) political system, form of government
(hyponym) Weimar Republic
(derivation) democratize, democratise
3. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
(synonym) majority rule
(hypernym) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

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democracy

n. demokracie

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democracy

Rzecz. demokracja; demokracja; demokracja