Democracy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
  • n. A political or social unit that has such a government.
  • n. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
  • n. Majority rule.
  • n. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
  • n. A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
  • n. Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
  • n. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.
  • n. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
  • n. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Government by the people; a system of government in which the sovereign power of the state is vested in the people as a whole, and is exercised directly by them or their elected agents.
  • n. A state or civil body in which the people themselves exercise all legislative authority, and confer all executive and judicial powers, either by direct collective action or through elected representatives.
  • n. Political and social equality in general; a state of society in which no hereditary differences of rank or privilege are recognized: opposed to aristocracy.
  • n. [capitalized] In United States political history:
  • n. The system of principles held by the Democratic party. See democratic.
  • n. The members of the Democratic party collectively.
  • n. In a collective sense, the people; especially, the people regarded as exercising political powers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
  • n. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
  • n. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ism    philosophy    school of thought    doctrine    philosophical system   
    Cross Reference
    government    state    social democracy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    republic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aristocracy    autocracy    bureaucracy    hypocrisy    theocracy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    liberty    civilization    socialism    republic    monarchy   
     
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