Meaning & Definition of Democracy in English
English⟶
Democracy
/dɪmɑkrəsi/
noun
1. The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
synonym:
- democracy
2. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
synonym:
- democracy,
- republic,
- commonwealth
3. The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
synonym:
- majority rule,
- democracy
Examples of using
Many think that democracy is the government of the people. But the truth of the matter is that democracy is the government of democrats.
In a democracy, it is important that the press be independent.
They give out their reactionary cosmopolitanism as "internationalism", they try to cover up their fight against peace and democracy by pacifist and pseudo-democratic phrases.