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noun. , plural de·moc·ra·cies. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.
the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves. politics & government. A democracy is a country in which power is held by elected representatives.
adjective. /ˌdeməˈkrætɪk/ (of a country, state, system, etc.) controlled by representatives who are elected by the people of a country; connected with this system. a democratic country. a democratic system. democratic government. They are aiming to make the institutions of the EU truly democratic. Exercise your democratic right to vote.
