| 单词 | democracy |
| 释义 | democracy (once / 166 pages) n Whether you're talking about your glee club or a powerful nation, the word democracy describes government based on participation of the people, either directly or through elected representatives. Democracy traces back to the Greek words demos, meaning "people," and kratia, meaning "power." "People power" remains central to democracy, whether you're describing a country or a much smaller organization. If your glee club is run as a democracy, then everybody gets to vote on questions like what you're going to sing and what kind of outfits you’re going to wear. Because democracy assumes some idea of equality, it's often used to mean a just society, one in which everyone is treated equally. WORD FAMILYdemocracy: democracies, democratic, democratise, democratize+/democrat: democracy, democrats/democratic: democratically, undemocratic/democratise: democratisation, democratised, democratising/democratize: democratization, democratized, democratizes, democratizing/undemocratic: undemocratically USAGE EXAMPLES“Multi-stakeholderism” may be, like democracy, the worst form of governance except for all the other ones. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) “Try to replace the prime minister at the ballot boxes, as is accepted in democracies,” it added. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Circumventing democracy by ignoring the obvious will of the people does little to inspire confidence in our statewide leaders. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives Hyper ideology, political orientation, political theory an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation 2n a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them Syn|Hypo|Hyper commonwealth, republic Weimar Republic the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919 parliamentary democracya democracy having a parliament form of government, political system the members of a social organization who are in power 3n the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group Syn|Hyper majority rule doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
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