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democracy

de·moc·racy

UK/dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/ US/dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/ fairly common us

noun

1.

the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

2.

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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3.

the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

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Origin

From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā). By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).

Phrases

  • arsenal of democracy
  • authoritarian democracy
  • Christian democracy
  • crony democracy
  • democracy sausage
  • dictatorship of democracy
  • direct democracy
  • dollar democracy

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