Democracy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
de·moc·ra·cy noun \di-ˈmä-krə-sē\
: a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting
: a country ruled by democracy
: an organization or situation in which everyone is treated equally and has equal rights
plural de·moc·ra·cies
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Full Definition of DEMOCRACY
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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 United States <from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy — C. M. Roberts>
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: the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
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: the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges