Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
democracy noun
/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/
/-ˈmɑː.krə-/ n
/-ˈmɑː.krə-/ n •
[U] 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.
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[C] a country in which power is held by elected representatives
Few of the Western democracies still have a royal family.
(Definition of democracy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
