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democracy    音标拼音: [dɪm'ɑkrəsi]
n. U民主,民主政治;C民主国家

U民主,民主政治;C民主国家

democracy
n 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 [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}]

Democracy \De*moc"ra*cy\ (d[-e]*m[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl.
{Democracies} (d[-e]*m[o^]k"r[.a]*s[i^]z). [F. d['e]mocratie,
fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a; dh^mos the people kratei^n to be
strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.]
1. Government by the people; a form of government in which
the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by
the people.
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2. Government by popular representation; a form of government
in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but
is indirectly exercised through a system of representation
and delegated authority periodically renewed; a
constitutional representative government; a republic.
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3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of
government. --Milton.
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4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so
called. [U.S.]
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "democracy":
absolute monarchy, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy,
coalition government, collective farm, collectivism, collectivity,
collegiality, colonialism, common ownership, commonwealth,
communal effort, communion, communism, community,
constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, cooperation,
cooperative society, dictatorship, dominion rule, duarchy,
duumvirate, dyarchy, federal government, federation, feudal system,
garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy,
home rule, kibbutz, kolkhoz, limited monarchy, martial law,
meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy,
monarchy, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, pantisocracy,
patriarchate, patriarchy, police state, profit sharing,
public ownership, pure democracy, regency,
representative democracy, representative government, republic,
self-determination, self-government, sharecropping,
social democracy, socialism, state ownership, stratocracy,
technocracy, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government,
totalitarian regime, town meeting, triarchy, triumvirate, tyranny,
welfare state

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  • Democracy - Wikipedia
    In a direct democracy, the people have the direct authority to deliberate and decide legislation In a representative democracy, the people choose governing officials through elections to do so
  • Democracy | Definition, History, Meaning, Types, Examples, Facts . . .
    The hallmark of democracy is that it permits citizens to participate in making laws and public policies by regularly choosing their leaders and by voting in assemblies or referenda
  • DEMOCRACY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    What is the basic meaning of democracy? The word democracy most often refers to a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting
  • What is Democracy?
    The emergence of democracy is one of the most important political developments in human history In two waves following the Second World War, democracy’s expansion gathered significant momentum across the world
  • What is Democracy? | Democracy Web
    Democracy is a word that is over 2500 years old It comes from ancient Greece and means “the power of the people ”
  • Democracy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    First, it proposes a definition of democracy Second, it outlines different approaches to the question of why democracy is morally valuable at all Third, it discusses the issue of whether and when democratic institutions have authority and different conceptions of the limits of democratic authority
  • Overview: What Is Democracy? — Principles of Democracy
    Democracy is government in which power and civic responsibility are exercised by all citizens, directly or through their freely elected representatives Democracy is a set of principles and practices that protect human freedom; it is the institutionalization of freedom
  • What Is a Democracy? [ushistory. org]
    So of course democracy is a form of government that gives power to the people But how, when, and to which people? The answer to those questions changes through history In present-day New England, many small towns hold town meetings in which issues important to the citizens are decided by vote
  • Democracy - New World Encyclopedia
    Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and procedures which have legitimacy because they have the consent of the people they govern





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