See Also: democracy(medicine)
democracy(dictionary)
democracy(dictionary)
democracy(encyclopedia)
DEMOCRACY, government(law)
social democracy(dictionary)
social democracy(encyclopedia)
parliamentary democracy(encyclopedia)
democracy (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Christian Democracy(encyclopedia)

democracy (iou)



democracy noun. L16.
[Old & mod. French democratie from late Latin democratia from Greek demokratia, formed as DEMOS + -CRACY.]
Government by the people; a form of government in which the power resides in the people and is exercised by them either directly or by means of elected representatives; a form of society which favours equal rights, the ignoring of hereditary class distinctions, and tolerance of minority views. L16.
G. M. Trevelyan An age of transition from aristocracy to democracy, from authority to mass-judgement. B. Castle The Labour Party..rank and file were ready to defend the unions to death as a vital expression of democracy.
A State or community in which the power of government resides in or is exercised by the people. L16.
C. S. Lewis All nations, those we call democracies as well as dictatorships.
That class of people which has no hereditary or special rank or privilege; the common people. Now rare. M17.
(Democracy.) The Democratic Party of the US; its principles or members. US. E19.