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Democracy (IPA: /dɪˈmɑkɹəsi/)

Democracy (n.)

Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

Democracy (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.

Democracy (n.)

Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.

Democracy (n.)

The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.

Democracy

System of government in which citizens vote directly in or elect representatives to form a governing body, sometimes called " rule of the majority"

Democracy

Play by Michael Frayn

Democracy

Eleventh studio album of English post-punk group Killing Joke

Democracy

Government simulation game

Democracy

Judge Dredd storyline

Democracy Synonyms

Majority Rule

Democracy Synonyms

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Democracy Synonyms

Republic, Commonwealth

Democracy Rhymes

Autocracy, Bureaucracy, Democracy, Hypocrisy, Theocracy

Aristocracy

Spanish Translation

Democracy in Spanish is Democracia

Tagalog Translation

Democracy in Tagalog is Demokrasya

Example Sentence (Quote) "A charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequaled alike." - Democracy

Example Sentence (Quote) "A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of Government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a Dictatorship and a Monarchy." - Democracy

Example Sentence (Quote) "A democracy is peace-loving. It does not like to go to war. It is slow to rise to provocation. When it has once been provoked to the point where it must grasp the sword, it does not easily forgive its adversary for having produced this situation. The fact of the provocation then becomes itself the issue. Democracy fights in anger ” it fights for the very reason that it was forced to go to war. It fights to punish the power that was rash enough and hostile enough to provoke it ” to teach that power a lesson it will not forget, to prevent the thing from happening again. Such a war must be carried to the bitter end." - Democracy

Example Sentence (Quote) "A democracy unsatisfied [by support of the people] cannot long survive. We live in probably the most turbulent and tormented times in the history of this nation. Criticize... disagree, yes, but also we have as leaders an obligation to be fair and keep in perspective what we are and what we hope to be." - Democracy

Example Sentence (Quote) "A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible." - Democracy

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