the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves:
The government has promised to uphold the principles of democracy. The early 1990s saw the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe. a country in which power is held by elected representatives : Few of the Western democracies still have a royal family. More examples Fewer examplesYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ dɪˈmɑk·rə·si / politics & governmentthe belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves
politics & government A democracy is a country in which power is held by elected representatives.(Definition of democracy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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[ U ] WORKPLACE , MANAGEMENTthe belief that everyone in a country has the right to express their opinions, and that power should be held by people who are elected, or a system of government based on this belief:
The country was celebrating its return to democracy. a country in which power is held by people who are elected: It is now a stable, well-governed democracy.(Definition of democracy from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
In a democracy, public support is required for economic or development initiatives, and the public hardly speaks with a unified voice.
No longer is the revolution a "leaderless movement," devoid of "ideologies or partisanship," pushing for democracy.
That doesn't sound like a democracy -- more like a media-ocracy. Well for starters, we don't live in a democracy. The real question here is: why do you hate democracy? In this "real, practicing democracy," students are allowed to direct their own learning. Long wars in a democracy are tougher still. Indeed, this is exactly how a representative democracy is supposed to function.We still have not really resolved these issues of how do you build a democracy in a country that is very diverse?
Participatory budgeting is democracy in action, and one effective tool in cleaning up our city.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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I am reminded that that is indeed one of the outcomes of advanced democracy . Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
French bourgeois democracy is preparing to assassinate the proletariat. For example, a particular concept of democracy was, in fact, part of communist philosophy.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
लोकशाही, स्वातंत्र्य आणि लोकांमध्ये समानता असावी असा विश्वास, किंवा असा विश्वास असणारी शासन व्यवस्था जेथे लोकांकडून निवडलेले प्रतिनिधी सत्तेत असतात वा थेट लोकच सत्तेत असतात.…
民主主義, 民主主義（みんしゅ しゅぎ）, 民主主義国（みんしゅ しゅぎ こく）… démocratie [feminine], démocratie… democràcia… democratie…மக்களிடையே சுதந்திரம் மற்றும் சமத்துவம் குறித்த நம்பிக்கை, அல்லது இந்த நம்பிக்கையை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட அரசாங்க அமைப்பு, இதில் அதிகாரம் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட பிரதிநிதிகளால் அல்லது நேரடியாக மக்களால் நடத்தப்படுகிறது…
लोकतंत्र, लोकतांत्रिक देश… લોકશાહી, લોકશાહી દેશ… die Demokratie… demokrati [neuter], folkestyre [neuter], demokratisk land [neuter]… جمہوریت, جمہوریت (جس میں اقتدار منتخب نمائندوں کے ہاتھ میں ہوتا ہے)… демократія… демократия… ప్రజాస్వామ్యం, ప్రజాస్వామ్యం ఉన్న దేశము/దేశాలు… ديمُقراطيّة…গণতন্ত্র, মানুষের মধ্যে স্বাধীনতা ও সমতার বিশ্বাসের উপর ভিত্তি করে একটি সরকার ব্যবস্থা, যেখানে ক্ষমতা নির্বাচিত প্রতিনিধিদের সরাসরি জনগণের হাতে থাকে…
demokracie… การปกครองแบบประชาธิปไตย… demokracja… democrazia… Need a translator?Get a quick, free translation!
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