democracy

Noun
  1. The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives (synset 106227040)
    is a type of: ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
  2. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them (synset 108378256)
    is a type of: form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power
    subtypes:
    same as: commonwealth, republic
  3. The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group (synset 105973312)
    is a type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    same as: majority rule

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