Princeton's WordNet

1. democracy(noun)

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

2. democracy, republic, commonwealth(noun)

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

3. majority rule, democracy(noun)

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. democracy(noun)ɪˈmɒk rə si

   the form of government in which all people can vote for representatives

   making democracy work for everyone

2. democracyɪˈmɒk rə si

   a country that has this form of government

   We live in a democracy.; emerging democracies

Wiktionary

1. democracy(Noun)

   Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).

2. democracy(Noun)

   A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.

3. democracy(Noun)

   Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".

Origin: from democratie (French démocratie), from democratia, from δημοκρατία, from δῆμος + κράτος.

Webster Dictionary

1. Democracy(noun)

   government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people

2. Democracy(noun)

   government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic

3. Democracy(noun)

   collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government

4. Democracy(noun)

   the principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Democracy

   has been defined to be government of the people by the people and for the people, or as a State in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens, but this under the protest of some that it is not an end but a means "to the attainment of a truer and truer aristocracy, or government again by the Best."

The Roycroft Dictionary

1. democracy

   1. A form of government by popular ignorance. 2. The dwarf's paradise. 3. Any political system where male votes are substitutes for brains. (This word comes from the Abracadabra: "demo," lungs; "crazy," to rule; hence, to rule by caloric.)

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Democracy

   A system of government in which there is free and equal participation by the people in the political decision-making process.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

1. DEMOCRACY

   A mysterious country, bounded on the east by Richard Olney, on the west by Willie Bryan, on the north by Dave Hill and on the south by Bennie Pitchfork Tillman.

• demokrasie, volksregeringAfrikaans
• ديموقْراطِيَّه، حُكْم الشَّعْبArabic
• демокрацияBulgarian
• democraciaPortuguese (BR)
• demokracieCzech
• die DemokratieGerman
• demokratiDanish
• δημοκρατίαGreek
• democraciaSpanish
• demokraatiaEstonian
• دموکراسی؛ مردم سالاریFarsi
• demokratiaFinnish
• démocratieFrench
• דֶמוֹקרָטיָהHebrew
• लोकतंत्रHindi
• demokracijaCroatian
• demokráciaHungarian
• demokrasiIndonesian
• lÿðræði, lÿðræðisríkiIcelandic
• democraziaItalian
• 民主主義Japanese
• 민주주의Korean
• demokratija, demokratinė šalisLithuanian
• demokrātija, demokrātismsLatvian
• demokrasiMalay
• democratieDutch
• demokrati, folkestyreNorwegian
• demokracjaPolish
• دموکراسی؛ مردم سالاریPersian
• ديمو كراسى، دخلكو حكومت، هغه ډول حكومت چه دټولنې ټول افراديې برابر حقوق لرىPashto
• democraciaPortuguese
• democraţieRomanian
• демократияRussian
• demokraciaSlovak
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• demokratijaSerbian
• demokratiSwedish
• การปกครองแบบประชาธิปไตยThai
• demokrasiTurkish
• 民主Chinese (Trad.)
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• عوام کی حکومتUrdu
• dân chủVietnamese
• 民主Chinese (Simp.)