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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1981 COCA: 1502

democracy

democracy /dɪˈmɑːkrəsi/ noun
plural democracies
democracy
/dɪˈmɑːkrəsi/
noun
plural democracies
Learner's definition of DEMOCRACY
[noncount] : a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting民主政治;民主政体;民主制度
[count] : a country ruled by democracy民主国家
: an organization or situation in which everyone is treated equally and has equal rights民主团体;民主
[count]
[noncount]
see also social democracy
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1981 COCA: 1502

democracy

noun

de·​moc·​ra·​cy di-ˈmä-krə-sē How to pronounce democracy (audio)
plural democracies
1
a
: government by the people
especially : rule of the majority
b
: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2
: a political unit that has a democratic government
3
capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the U.S.
from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy C. M. Roberts
4
: the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
5
: the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

Example Sentences

Democracy, I would repeat, is the noblest form of government we have yet evolved … Norman Mailer, New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2002 … this and the economic failures of faithful democracies in places such as India or the Anglophone Caribbean demonstrated conclusively that there was no inherent link between freedom and capitalism … Orlando Patterson, New Republic, 8 Nov. 1999 Even in democracies today, crucial knowledge is available to only a few individuals … Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel, 1997 The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy. In a democracy, every citizen should have the right to vote. The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers. There is democracy within the company. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Dean herself has developed a theory called communicative capitalism—the online synthesis of democracy and capitalism into something that subverts the democratic impulses of the masses by valuing emotional expression over that of logic. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 Equality and democracy are the rock upon which this nation is built. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 In general terms, progressives tend to believe that the United States should have solidarity with victims of state violence, and center the protection of human rights and democracy. Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 Some blame him for overseeing the destruction of an empire and a way of life, others for failing to ensure a smooth transition to democracy and capitalism. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022 Older leftist leaders in Latin America have ended up bending the rules of democracy and institutions, or outright trampling them. Time, 31 Aug. 2022 What is apparent to us is that a political solution to end the conflict in Afghanistan is not viable because of the Taliban's position vis-à-vis women's rights, human rights, democracy and terrorism. Peter Bergen, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 Decades later, instead of expanding democracy and civil rights, many states are trying to curb it. Malaika Jabali, Essence, 29 Aug. 2022 Countries stuck in an unstable zone between democracy and autocracy are more susceptible to armed conflict. Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French democracie, democratie, borrowed from Late Latin dēmocratia, borrowed from Greek dēmokratía, from dēmo- demo- + -kratia -cracy

First Known Use

1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of democracy was in 1539
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1981 COCA: 1502
democracy

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEMOCRACY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgenuine, real, true真正的民主stable穩定的民主political政治民主constitutional, parliamentary, participatory, representative立憲/議會/參與式/代議制民主direct直接民主industrial, liberal工業化/自由民主multiparty多黨民主modern, new現代民主;新民主Western西方民主VERB + DEMOCRACYbelieve in, promote, support相信/推動/支持民主people who believe in true democracy相信有真正民主的人們defend, fight for, protect保衞/爭取/保護民主build, create, establish建設/創建/建立民主bring, spread帶來/傳播民主restore恢復民主The military regime has promised to restore democracy soon.軍事政權承諾將很快恢復民主。undermine破壞民主PREPOSITIONin a/the democracy在民主國家中We live in a multiparty democracy.我們生活在一個多黨制民主國家。PHRASESthe road to democracy通往民主之路;民主進程the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy克服政界的淡漠以及推動民主進程的需要the spread of democracy民主的傳播

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