democracy

Speech parts

1. democracy - Noun

2. Democracy - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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.

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

republic commonwealth majority rule democratism federation emancipation self-determination nation freedom independence citizenship equality autonomy sovereignty democratically

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Antonyms

raj patriarchate rod dominion nazism principality

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Hypernyms

ism philosophy doctrine ideology school of thought political system

Hyponyms

Weimar Republic parliamentary democracy

Related terms

democrat democratic

Phrases with the word

People's Democracy Tory Democracy authoritarian democracy libertarian democracy free democracy direct democracy planet

Derivatives

democracies

Examples

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken

The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter. Winston Churchill

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is better than tyranny. American Proverb

Democracy has spoken, babbles away! Finnish Proverb

Democracy is better than tyranny. Albanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Democr. democracia social democracide democracy democrats democracy sausage Democrap