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noun ( pl. democracies )
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives:
capitalism and democracy are ascendant in the third world.
• a state governed in such a way:
a multiparty democracy.
• control of an organization or group by the majority of its members:
the intended extension of industrial democracy.
• the practice or principles of social equality:
demands for greater democracy.
New Oxford American Dictionary
literally, rule by the people.
The term is derived from the Greek demokratia,
which was coined from demos (“people”) and kratos (“rule”) in the middle of the 5th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2011.
noun ( pl. democracies )
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives:
capitalism and democracy are ascendant in the third world.
• a state governed in such a way:
a multiparty democracy.
• control of an organization or group by the majority of its members:
the intended extension of industrial democracy.
• the practice or principles of social equality:
demands for greater democracy.
New Oxford American Dictionary
literally, rule by the people.
The term is derived from the Greek demokratia,
which was coined from demos (“people”) and kratos (“rule”) in the middle of the 5th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2011.
democracy
1570s, from M.Fr. démocratie (14c.), from M.L. democratia (13c.), from Gk. 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]
democratic
c.1600, from Fr. démocratique, from M.L. democraticus, from Gk. demokratikos "of or for democracy; favoring democracy," from demokratia (see democracy). Earlier was democratian (1570s). As a political faction name, from 1790 in reference to France. U.S. political usage (with a capital D) attested from c.1800. The party originally was the Anti-Federal party, then the Democratic-Republican (Democratic for short). It formed among those opposed to extensive powers for the U.S. federal government. The name of the party was not formally shortened to Democratic until 1829. Democratic socialism is attested from 1849.
democrat
1790, "adherent of democracy," with reference to France, from Fr. démocrate (18c., opposed to aristocrate), back formation from démocratie (see democracy); revived in U.S. as a political party affiliation 1798, with a capital D. As a shortening of this, Demo (1793) is older than Dem (c.1840).
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