Democracy

/dɪmˈɒkɹəsi/

/dɪˈmɑkɹəsi/

Democracy

a country that is controlled by this method

a system of government based on the vote of the public who choose their representatives periodically by free election

the political doctrine that believes in the rule of the majority of the people

Examples

1. The Council is the Achilles heel of European democracy, if not the black hole.

2. Although America is a democracy, a lot of key decisions are made behind closed doors by unelected advisers.

3. The opposition parties have cried foul at the president's act, seeing it as a violation of democracy.

4. Democracy met the test.