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Type Words
Synonyms commonwealth, republic
Type of form of government, political system
Has types parliamentary democracy, weimar republic
Derivation democratic, democratize
Type Words
Synonyms majority rule
Type of philosophy, ism, philosophical system, doctrine, school of thought
Derivation democratic
Type Words
Type of political theory, ideology, political orientation
Derivation democratize, democratic

Examples of democracy

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Pavel has founded the Institute of Modern Russia to promote democracy in Russia.
From the bloomberg.com
It is the duty of citizens to participate in democracy and shine light on truth.
From the edition.cnn.com
American citizens will get all the information they need to make democracy work.
From the businessweek.com
The slow change partly reflects Switzerland's unique system of direct democracy.
From the suntimes.com
Saddam Hussein's dictatorship has been replaced with the makings of a democracy.
From the suntimes.com
Listening to Grasshoppers is powered by a thorough critique of Indian democracy.
From the time.com
U.S. diplomats in Kampala say much of their democracy-promotion work is low-key.
From the time.com
I'm for a Europe of democracy and subsidiarity, and against a Europe from above.
From the infowars.com
Adam Przeworski pointed out that democracy is a contingent outcome of conflicts.
From the scoop.co.nz
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  • 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
  • Majority rule: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
  • (democratic) characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
  • Democracy is the eleventh studio album of English post-punk group Killing Joke. It was released on CD in April 1996, and there was also a cassette version. A remastered CD with a remix of "Democracy" was released on 20 June 2005 by Cooking Vinyl.
  • Democracy is a quarterly journal of progressive and liberal politics, as well as culture, founded by Kenneth Baer and Andrei Cherny in 2006. ...
  • Democracy in the fictional future city of Mega-City One has been a significant recurring theme in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. ...
  • Democracy, Joan Didion's fourth novel, was published in 1984. Set in Hawaii and Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War, the book tells the story of Inez Victor, wife of U.S. ...
  • "Democracy" is the 18th episode of the third season of the American television show Numb3rs. Written by Cheryl Heuton and Nicolas Falacci, the episode highlights a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into the murder of one of their math consultant's friends while an agent learns ...