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nouna political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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nounthe doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
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nounthe political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
Definition that contains democracy
- democratic characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
- fascism a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
- barbados a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area
- jacksonian of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy
- independent state of papua new guinea a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
- open society a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy)
- papua new guinea a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
- parliamentary democracy a democracy having a parliament