- 1 [uncountable] a system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives parliamentary democracy the principles of democracy Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegenuine, real, true, … verb + democracybelieve in, promote, support, … prepositionin a/the democracy phrasesthe road to democracy, the spread of democracy See full entry See related entries: Political views and systems
- 2[countable] a country which has this system of government Western democracies I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegenuine, real, true, … verb + democracybelieve in, promote, support, … prepositionin a/the democracy phrasesthe road to democracy, the spread of democracy See full entry
- 3[uncountable] fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc., and their right to take part in making decisions the fight for justice and democracy Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegenuine, real, true, … verb + democracybelieve in, promote, support, … prepositionin a/the democracy phrasesthe road to democracy, the spread of democracy See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’. Wordfindersystemcapitalism, communism, democracy, dictatorship, fascism, imperialism, liberal, radical, socialism, system Wordfinderdemocracycandidate, constituency, contest, democracy, election, majority, manifesto, poll, referendum, swing voteExtra examples We live in a multi-party democracy. a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital people who believe in true democracy the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy
democracy
nounBrE BrE//dɪˈmɒkrəsi//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈmɑːkrəsi//
(pl. democracies) Political views and systemsCheck pronunciation: democracy
