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democracy
(mass) | democracy
- demokracia |
democracy
(encz) | democracy,demokracie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Democracy
(gcide) | 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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democracy
(wn) | 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 [syn:
democracy, republic, commonwealth]
3: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized
group can make decisions binding on the whole group [syn:
majority rule, democracy] |
DEMOCRACY
(bouvier) | 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 representative democracy has been given
to a republican government like that of the United States.
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effective democracy
(encz) | effective democracy,účinná demokracie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
parliamentary democracy
(encz) | parliamentary democracy,parlamentní demokracie Clock |
pro-democracy
(encz) | pro-democracy,pro-demokratický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prodemocracy
(encz) | prodemocracy,prodemokratický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
social democracy
(encz) | social democracy, n: |
Democracy
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of
government. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so
called. [U.S.]
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parliamentary democracy
(wn) | parliamentary democracy
n 1: a democracy having a parliament |
social democracy
(wn) | social democracy
n 1: the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to
socialism by democratic means |
DEMOCRACY
(bouvier) | 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 representative democracy has been given
to a republican government like that of the United States.
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