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democracyConcise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: democracy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ ▶noun (pl. democracies) a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power, typically through elected representatives. ■ a state governed in such a way. ■ control of a group by the majority of its members. – origin C16: from Fr. démocratie, via late L. from Gk dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’. 'democracy' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "democracy" in the title: a true democracy Democracy first-hand democracy has not been as important a determinant of aid all Democracy is a highly favored but much-abused term. effect of democracy has been suffered from protests <due to> the wave of democracy I'm with the high level of the democracy If you hit the words Democracy will understand make the promise of democracy real No democracy if women are (de facto?) excluded? Participative or Participatory democracy play democracy question failures in democracy self-reckoning, beacon of democracy The protests are led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), WHO wants which is an even bigger democracy Look up "democracy" at Merriam-Webster Look up "democracy" at dictionary.com In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic |
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