democracy

democracy
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Government through representation]
Syn. popular government, republic, commonwealth, representative government, constitutional government, direct democracy, government by the people, self-government, majority rule, tyranny of the majority*; see also government 2 .
2. [A way of life providing extensive personal rights]
Syn. justice, the greatest good for the greatest number, equality before the law, popular suffrage, equalitarianism, egalitarianism, republicanism, constitutionalism, parliamentarianism, individual enterprise, laissez faire, rugged individualism, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to work, emancipation, political equality, democratic spirit, social equality, the Four Freedoms*, the American Way*; see also capitalism , equality , freedom 1 .
Ant. autocracy*, dictatorship, feudalism.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.
[de MOK ru see]
a government by and for the people. Also, a system of equal opportunity for all.
A democracy attempts to assure fair treatment for all.
SYN.: government by and for the people, republic, representative government, constitutional government, commonwealth. ''Government by amateurs.''—Maxwell Anderson. ''Gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.''—James Lowell. ''. . . mob rule.''—Polybius. see government, politics

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