democracy
Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as
Other meanings
A form of government where the people elect representatives who propose and approve laws and administer the government on their behalf (representative democracy).
A form of government where the people vote directly on laws and government decisions (direct democracy).
Related words
- algorithmocracy
- antidemocracy
- aristodemocracy
- crony democracy
- arsenal of democracy
- authoritarian democracy
- Christian democracy
- counterdemocracy
- cyberdemocracy
- democracide
- democracy sausage
- democratize
Word history
From Ancient Greek "δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “democracy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.