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Antonyms for democracy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-mok-ruh-see
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɒk rə si

Definition of democracy

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Middle French démocratie (14c.), from Medieval Latin democratia (13c.), from Greek demokratia "popular government," from demos "common people," originally "district" (see demotic), + kratos "rule, strength" (see -cracy).
  • Democracy implies that the man must take the responsibility for choosing his rulers and representatives, and for the maintenance of his own 'rights' against the possible and probable encroachments of the government which he has sanctioned to act for him in public matters. [Ezra Pound, "ABC of Economics," 1933]
  • noun government in which people participate
Example sentences :
  • The Constitution of 1787 did not make our democracy impotent.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • When a people really means to do something, it must resort to democracy.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • This democracy will not do; this it is not now doing, and this it never will attempt.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • I say with a stick, not with sticks, for that is the whole argument about democracy.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • But there is no doubt that democracy is wonderfully strong in literature.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The second form of government is a republic, sometimes called a democracy.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • There is just one thing that would have been fatal to our democracy.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • Democracy, as embodied in such a leader as Lincoln, has meant Fellowship.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • It was democracy, rather than "representative" government, under its purest aspect.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Synonyms for democracy

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