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Historical Examples

Friends and fellow citizens, we must make the world free for democracy.

We "believe in" democracy, as we have been brought up in it, or we do not.

In all lands it was hailed as the end of despotism and the triumph of democracy and freedom.

The abuses of democracy in the cities took away all the joy of success.

That at least is the only kind of unity that offers hope finally of making a world safe with democracy in it.

British Dictionary definitions for democracy Expand

government by the people or their elected representatives

a political or social unit governed ultimately by all its members

the practice or spirit of social equality

a social condition of classlessness and equality

the common people, esp as a political force

Word Origin

C16: from French dmocratie, from Late Latin dmocratia, from Greek dmokratia government by the people; see demo-, -cracy

Word Origin and History for democracy Expand

1570s, from Middle French dmocratie (14c.), from Medieval Latin democratia (13c.), from Greek demokratia "popular government," from demos "common people," originally "district" (see demotic), + kratos "rule, strength" (see -cracy).

democracy in Culture Expand

A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.

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Democracy | Define Democracy at Dictionary.com