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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

Synonyms

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

Phrases Containing democracy

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