单词 | direct democracy |
释义 | > as lemmasdirect democracy Designating or relating to a form of government based on policies or laws decided by a majority of the entire people, rather than a body of elected representatives. Frequently in direct democracy. Cf. representative adj. 2.Direct government is rare in modern states, due to the obstacles posed by large populations and the complexity of modern governance, but it may be occasionally exercised through town meetings, citizens assemblies, referendums, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [adjective] democratic1569 democratian1574 democratical1574 direct1629 democrat1794 democratized1797 democratizing1797 liberal democratic1868 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre viii. 525 Whosoeuer desired that the Soueraignety should be in the 5000 in stead of the 400, ought..to set himselfe to the worke in hand... To make so many participant of the affairs of State..was a direct Democracie. 1800 Polit. Ess. Pop. Subj. iii. 55 A direct Democracy supposes the whole body of a nation to be assembled for the purpose of deliberating upon, enacting, and executing laws. An indirect Democracy considers the mass of the inhabitants..as represented by delegates. 1851 in tr. V. P. Considérant Diffic. Solved Pref. p. iii Victor Considerant..having from mature reflection become convinced that Direct Government by the People themselves is the Solution of the Political Problem, undertook the task of popularizing the theory in France. 1915 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 282 Swiss democracy, like that of the Greek City-States, is in no inconsiderable degree direct. 2019 Federal NewsFeed (Nexis) 23 July Brexit has created a deep constitutional malfunction, pitching a system built on parliamentary democracy against a mandate thrown up by a referendum, an expression of direct democracy at odds with traditional British politics. < as lemmas |
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