democracy

[dɪˈmɑːkrəsi]

Definition:
1. The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives.
2. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
3. The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group.

Use 'democracy' in a sentence:

1. Every party is united on the need for parliamentary democracy.
2. Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority.
3. Time would be needed for democracy to take root.
4. The idea is to spread social democracy and economics outwards from Europe.
5. The paper says the President's move has called into question the whole basis of democracy in the country.
6. He felt that they had struck a blow for democracy.
7. In the Greek general election, the New Democracy party has claimed victory.
8. This political system was the negation of democracy.
9. The party is trying to give the impression that it alone stands for democracy.
10. The machinery of democracy could be created quickly.
11. Aid to individual countries would be linked to progress towards democracy.
12. This is the high road to democracy.
13. Then in the last couple of years, the movement for democracy began to heat up.
14. The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor.
15. Elections are essential for the sustenance of parliamentary democracy.
16. His tough brand of social democracy was largely successful in holding the country together.
17. Japanese democracy is certainly different from ours.
18. It is impossible to establish democracy amid economic chaos.
19. His government has pledged to move the country towards a plural democracy.
20. He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies.
21. Have they, for example, demonstrated a commitment to democracy?
22. He will remain head of state during the period of transition to democracy.
23. We need to redefine what we mean by democracy.
24. Democracy is predicated upon the rule of law.
25. I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy.
26. That would not be a good advertisement for Hungary's emerging democracy.
27. Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
28. This country professes to be a true democracy.
29. In a democracy, power must be divided.
30. They worked together to advance the cause of democracy.