democracies

'democracies'

[democracy.n.01] as in: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

'democracies'

[democracy.n.02] as in: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

'democracies'

[majority_rule.n.01] as in: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group