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pro-democracy

Adjective

Meaning

pro-democracy (comparative more pro-democracy, superlative most pro-democracy)

In favour of democracy.

(Hong Kong) The political parties in favor of democracy and against authoritarian rule.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought. Tom Lantos

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem. John Sayles

The anti-war movement should turn itself into a pro-democracy movement. Naomi Klein

A ban on gatherings of more than eight people has been extended to June 4, the day of an annual candlelight vigil to mark the Chinese military’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Source: Internet

A Hong Kong court declared media tycoon and pro-democracy activist not guilty of criminal intimidation on Thursday, ending one several cases against him after his high-profile arrest last month under a new national security law. Source: Internet

“Arresting publishers, barring pro-democracy candidates, indefinitely postponing elections—those are the hallmarks of the Chinese Communist Party. Source: Internet

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