1. The political orientation of those who favour government by the people or by their elected representatives 
2. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
   - republic, commonwealth 
3. The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
   - majority rule

Derived forms: democracies

See also: democratic, democratize

Type of: doctrine, form of government, ideology, ism, mythos, philosophical system, philosophy, political orientation, political system, political theory, school of thought

Encyclopedia: Democracy

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