democracy

Words with a similar base: democracy

'democracy'

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

'democracy'

[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

'democracy'

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

Origins

					democracy (English)
├── -cracy (English)
├── demo- (English)
│   └── δῆμος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── democratie (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
    └── democratia (Latin)
        ├── δημοκράτια (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        │   └── δήμος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── δημοκρατία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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