Democracy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them (syn: commonwealth, republic)
- the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
Extra examples
The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy.
In a democracy, every citizen should have the right to vote.
The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers.
There is democracy within the company.
Western democracies
Sri Lanka is a multiparty democracy.
...a free press is an essential element of a democracy...
Democracy, I would repeat, is the noblest form of government we have yet evolved ...
Certainly the basis of our democracy is the conviction of the worth of the individual.
The country made a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
...the underlying differences between democracy and dictatorship...
...by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy...
...the recall of a duly elected official for a frivolous reason is not democracy in action but a farce...
Many considered him a foe of democracy.
... our belief in democracy regardless of local conditions amounts to cultural hubris.
Word forms
singular: democracy
plural: democracies
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