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Democracy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Democracy : (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 [syn: republic,
commonwealth] [ant: autocracy]
3: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized
group can make decisions binding on the whole group [syn:
majority rule]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Democracy : \De*moc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. Democracies. [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.
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.
3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of
government. --Milton.
4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so
called. [U.S.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DEMOCRACY, government. That form of government in which the sovereign power
is exercised by the people in a body, as was the practice in some of the
states of Ancient Greece; the term representativeDemocracy : has been given
to a republican government like that of the United States.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Democracy |
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ELB55: The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson |
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chicanorojo: Watching Democracy Now! on FSTV. |
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ikerib: RT: @azken_tximinoa: #SomethingAintRight To close newspapers in a so-called "Democracy".Why not defend the #freedomofspeech now? #egunkaria |
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