Defenition of the word democracy
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Defenition of the word democracy
- A system of governance in which ultimate authority power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their freely elected agents.
- the political orientation of those who favor government by the people of by their elected representatives
- a political system governed by the people or their representatives
- the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
- the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Synonyms for the word democracy
Hyponyms for the word democracy
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- parliamentary democracy
- Weimar Republic
Hypernyms for the word democracy
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- doctrine
- form of government
- ideology
- ism
- philosophical system
- philosophy
- political orientation
- political system
- political theory
- school of thought
Antonyms for the word democracy
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