democracy meaning

democracy as a noun

1. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

   Type of: political orientation

   Related forms: democratic, democratize

2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

   Synonyms: republic, commonwealth

   Type of: political system

   Kinds: Weimar Republic, parliamentary democracy

   Related forms: Democratic, democratize

3. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

   Synonyms: majority rule

   Type of: doctrine

   Related forms: democratic

How to pronounce democracy

democracy is pronounced /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ in British English and /dɪˈmɑkrəsi/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with democracy

• hypocrisy
• aristocracy
• bureaucracy
• autocracy
• theocracy