democracy
/dɪmˈɑkrʌsi/
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Noun
the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
Noun
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Noun
the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group