单词 | liberal democracy |
释义 | liberal democracyn. (The advocacy of) a democratic system of representative government in which individual rights and civil liberties are officially recognized and protected, and the exercise of political power is limited by the rule of law. Cf. democracy n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [noun] democracya1500 popularity1546 popular state1546 populacy1632 demarchy1643 liberal democracy1787 mass democracy1932 1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. iv. 20 Thus we see the people [of Biscay] themselves have established by law a contracted aristocracy, under the appearance of a liberal democracy. Americans, beware! 1839 G. W. M. Reynolds Mod. Lit. France II. v. 142 [The United States], an enthusiastic disciple in the cause of liberal democracy, is satisfied that Europe will in process of time imbibe and embrace the principles entertained by the Americans. 1869 Manch. Guardian 6 Oct. 3/5 At the moment when we are striving to found a liberal democracy you have but just emerged from a gigantic struggle..to destroy slavery. 1930 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 2 155 Fascism was justified by being contrasted with the corrupt..misgoverned Italy of the days of liberal democracy. 1992 Door Apr. 5/1 The fundamental principle of Liberal Democracy, in its concern for the individual, and its desire to establish a fair and just society, sits most comfortably with my own Christian beliefs. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 24/3 Traub contrasts the often short-lived nature of ‘electoral’ democracy with the hardier variety of ‘liberal democracy’, where the recognition of individual rights is already enshrined in law. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787 |
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