| 单词 | democracy |
| 释义 | democracy[ dih-mok-ruh-see ] / dɪˈmɒk rə si / SEE SYNONYMS FOR democracy ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural de·moc·ra·cies.government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges. political or social equality; democratic spirit. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power. Origin of democracy1525–35; <Middle French démocratie<Late Latin dēmocratia<Greek dēmokratía popular government, equivalent to dēmo-demo- + -kratia-cracy OTHER WORDS FROM democracyan·ti·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural an·ti·de·moc·ra·cies, adjectivenon·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural non·de·moc·ra·cies.pre·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural pre·de·moc·ra·cies.pro·de·moc·ra·cy, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for democracy
British Dictionary definitions for democracydemocracy / (dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ) / noun plural -ciesgovernment 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 for democracyC16: from French démocratie, from Late Latin dēmocratia, from Greek dēmokratia government by the people; see demo-, -cracy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for democracydemocracy A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. notes for democracyDemocratic institutions, such as parliaments, may exist in a monarchy. Such constitutional monarchies as Britain, Canada, and Sweden are generally counted as democracies in practice. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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