Democracy
noundɪ'mɑkrəsi
Noun
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
Type of:PhilosophyIsmDoctrinethe political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
Type of:Ideology
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